So far 9.1 million Texans have early voted. In Texas early voting has been incredibly easy for about 10 years. You can go to ALMOST ANY voting precinct in your county and you have 3 weeks. Newer machines use a pen-based scantron.
Right now 19.6 million Texans are registered to vote because you pretty much register when you get an ID. That means 53% of voters did so early. But in 2016 almost 60% of voters turned out. See our population increased by around 2.5 million.
Furthermore, of early votes tabulated so far, 53% are from Registered Republicans. Only 36% are from regisrered Democrats. And we've all seen surveys showing that 6 in 10 election day voters support Trump. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-elections/texas-results?fbclid=IwAR0KEBlNdW0VVOcGZq2WZbLAk3JmJ_cdSlEUWEblbZWhmY1oXl6TzrMItjo
Our Republican governor won by 12% in 2018. You have to realize Beto got within about 3% because 1) he spent the most money of any senatorial candidate in history and 2) Cruz still had a very low approval rating by Republicans for his criticisms of Trump. In September Cruz only had a 62% favorability from Republicans.
Also cruz barely campaigned. There were cuck boi Beto signs everywhere for months. Fucking losers creamed themselves daily over his skateboarding or whatever
Beto brought out youth voters. Normally Texas has 8-10% of its electorate under 30. In 2018 it was 23% ... and he still lost lol. Nine percent of Texans who picked Greg Abbot then picked Beto... and he still lost. Lol.
Right now youth turnout is predicted to be 12% in Texas. Biden took the gains Democrats achieved using younger candidates like Obama & Beto... and he sliced it right back to 2004 levels.
In 2018 over 800,000 Texans who did participate in 2016 didn't show up. Beto really dropped the ball. He had everything in his corner.
I don't want to jinx anything but the Beto signs in Texas vastly outnumbered the contemporary Biden signs. I can walk down almost any street and see a Trump signs. Now I see 2-3 Biden signs per community blocks. And I don't live in a very conservative county. I live 20 minutes from a huge liberal university.