Huge Turnouts

February 27th, 2008 - 11:28 am by Jenny Hoff · 1 Comment

We’ve already had more than double the amount of people early voting in Travis County this presidential election than we had in 2004, when an incumbent Texan was running for prez. And, we still have three days more to go… those days usually have the largest turnouts.

Here are some quick stats:

2008 Early Voting Totals Feb 19-Feb 26th:  63,588

2004 Early Voting Totals Feb 23rd-March 5th: 30,717

2008 Breakdown of Republicans and Democrats:

Republican Primary Early Voting Totals (so far) :  10,444

Democratic Primary Early Voting Totals (so far): 53,144

Top Three Locations for Early Voting in Travis County:

1. Randall’s Research and Braker: 5,818

2. Randall’s South Mopac and William Cannon:  4,490

3. University of Texas: 4,406

Tags: Voting

1 response so far ↓

  • King // Feb 27th 2008 at 12:59 pm

    This is fantastic and has been the pattern nationwide all through primary season. You have to give the current administration credit for one thing, they made America care about voting again.

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