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DisgustedByMisleadia 4 points ago +4 / -0

No, there's nothing nefarious in the difference between primaries and the general election. It's always been that way. You can look at the historical election results:

https://elections.sos.state.tx.us/index.htm

In 2016, for President:

  • 2,836,488 voted in the Republican primary
  • 1,435,895 voted in the Democrat primary
  • 8,969,226 voted in the general election

Yes, it looks like more people are voting early. But, it remains to be seen if Election Day turnout will be the same, or lower.

In 2016, of registered voters:

  • 43.47% voted early and absentee
  • 15.70% voted on election day
  • 53.17% voted

I posted the percentages (so far) for 2020 here: https://thedonald.win/p/11PW3D5yMc/x/c/19BtL9jFDF

In 2016, there were 15,101,087 registered voters. With 16,955,519 registered voters in 2020, that's a 12.28% increase in registered voters. It shouldn't be surprising to see more votes cast this year.