James Talarico pulled between 5,397,670 and 5,440,114 votes in 2026. Kamala Harris received 4,835,250 votes from 2024, Biden 5,259,126 - so more voted for Jimbo. And Gina got 5,230,908.
To repeat, what happened there with the missing 500k Cornyn votes? Half of his voters stay home, all of Paxton’s show up. rings false.
forget talarico (because that had special circumsances)
Lets focus on Abbott.
in 2018 Abbott got 4.6 million votes
in 2022 Abbott got 4.4 million votes
and Tuesday .. Abbott got 4.5 million votes.
Abbott’s voters DID turn out.
So... why did he lose...
in 2018 Valdez got 3.5 million votes
in 2022 Beto got 3.5 million votes
and Tuesday.. Hinojosa got 5.2 million votes!
At first glance... that looks like Hinojosa found 1.7 new voters...
BUT that is NOT what happened.
In 2020 Biden got 5.2 million votes
In 2024 Harris got 4.8 million votes
and Tuesday.. Hinojosa got 5.2 million votes!
The 1.7 million extra votes that Hinojosa got ... ARE NOT NEW VOTERS. They a the same 5.2 million that voted for Biden!!!
The Democrats turned out their ENTIRE BASE as if this were a presidential election, while we turned out what we typically do for a midterm.
That is crazy high turnout for a midterm on both Texas races.
I think you have some valid concerns—even for a rapidly growing state like Texas.
If you have the data you might find some interesting stuff by city, town and even precinct if available.
Anybody have near or even over 100% turnout (votes/registered voters), for example?
If there was widespread cheating they will slip up that way because we are talking human error here.
That is crazy high turnout for a midterm on both Texas races.
I think you have some valid concerns—even for a rapidly growing state like Texas.
If you have the data you might find some interesting stuff by city, town and even precinct if available.
Anybody have near or even over 100% turnout (votes/registered voters), for example?
If there was widespread cheating they will slip up that way because we are talking human error here.