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AverageOldGuy

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8. Turnout

Reply to lostincalifornia (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2026, 11:01 PM

May 26

I did some quick Googling -- I may have missed the fine points, but this is what I found.

Paxton: 750,000 votes
Cornyn: 422,000
So -- that's a total of 1,172,000 votes cast in a Republican primary..

These numbers are with not quite 90% of the votes reported, so, my calcuations will change.

Texas has 18,700,000 registered voters; of those 18,700,000 are registered Republicans.

So -- Paxton's 750,000 votes are 11% of the total number of registered Republican voters but only 4% of the total number of voters.

If Democrats will turn out in November . . . .

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Paxton Crushes Cornyn in Texas Runoff After Winning Trump Nod [View all] lostincalifornia May 26 OP

With the wind at our back and a couple good bounces ...there's a chance underpants May 26 #1

The problem with Texas is.... democratsruletheday May 26 #2

senator/governor beto agrees with you msongs May 26 #3

And don't forget those "Texas landslides" peppertree May 27 #13

I agree, Talarico is the best shot Dems have had since Beto fujiyamasan May 27 #16

Has anyone heard what Texas' turnout has been? Some counties with less than 50 total votes counted JMCKUSICK May 26 #4

We have a county with less than 100 residents. Scruffy1 May 27 #17

The state which elected Ann Richards Frasier Balzov May 26 #5

Trump and Paxton Zorro May 26 #6

Made me almost physically ill AverageOldGuy May 26 #7

Turnout AverageOldGuy May 26 #8

Data update littlemissmartypants May 26 #9

Basically that says that many Democrats don't even get out there and vote oldmanlynn May 26 #10

OOPS! CHeck your numbers! PSPS May 26 #12

Not surprising. Only republicans vote in the primary and their base has dwindled to all maga now. PSPS May 26 #11

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Taylor Rehmet's upset win in Feb provides me hope Torchlight May 27 #18

AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve May 27 #19