Early vote totals in the Democratic Party runoff races which includes the candidates for governor to face incumbent Greg Abbott show that the results in the local races are tightening up and might come down to the election day turnout.
Compared to the primary turnout for the early vote which lasted 11 days, the five-day runoff early vote totals were almost double the rate.
The Cameron County Elections Dept. posted the totals late Friday and showed that 7,889 early votes were case in the 26 polling places in the five days most were open. That averages 1,577 a day.
In comparison, 3,843 votes were cast in the first five days of the 11-day period in the primary. The average for the first five days of the 11-day primary period in March was just 768.
The average daily vote in the early voting for the primary (9,371 divided by 11) was just 852 a day, almost half the rate of the runoffs.
The early vote in the March Democratic primary (9,376) was 57 percent of the total 16,435 that included 892 mail-in ballots.
If the rate that the early voting turnout is any indication of how interest in the local races, it may come down to election day turnout to decide the outcome. In the March Democratic primary, 6,167 votes of the 16,435 total were cast on election day, about 37.5 percent.
Except for the Cameron County Judge and the Texas State Board of Education races in November, the winners of the local runoffs will not have a Republican challenger.
It's anybody's race. If ever there was a time when your vote was critical, this is it.
3 comments:
I would NEVER vote for a racist republican EVER!!!
The fun will begin on Wednesday when the results are in, where will the mongoose strike first, will the Black Mamba Rene Oliveira lose his untouchable status and will the rats have a feeding frenzy. Or will the national news take take him apart.
La Rata Rene will go out to the welfare county he created in his 33 years of do nothing jackass this Wednesday. Thank you lord
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