Three out of four Texas voters say in UT/TT Poll they’ll vote in midterms
Seventy-two percent of the state’s registered voters say they are either “extremely” or “very” enthusiastic about voting in the 2018 elections, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Seventy-six percent said they were “absolutely certain to vote.”
In a state where midterm general elections have recently attracted no more than 38 percent of the registered voters, that might seem aspirational. Nevertheless, only 12 percent of those Texans said they were either “not too” or “not at all” enthusiastic about voting this year.
“ There’s no obvious enthusiasm gap by party,” said Jim Henson, head of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin and co-director of the poll. “Men are more enthusiastic than women, and whites are more enthusiastic than black and Hispanic voters.”
It’s worth noting that the first days of early voting have been robust; nearly 1.6 million Texans voted during the first three days in the 30 counties with the most registered voters. It won’t be clear until the voting is done whether the overall turnout will be greater than normal, but it’s safe to say the early voters are showing genuine enthusiasm.
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Way to go Texas!!!