Monday, September 14, 2026

Democratic voters in Texas have the enthusiasm advantage heading into the 2026 midterm elections

 
Graphic:  Independent Voter Project
Headline:  CNN, 3/4/2026

Ethan Cohen reports:
Democratic turnout in Tuesday’s Texas primary reached record levels, as more voters participated in the party’s primary than in the Republican one. 
While more votes are still to be counted, more than 2.2 million votes have already been tallied in the Democratic primary for US Senate, a competitive race won by state Rep. James Talarico over US Rep. Jasmine Crockett. That’s the most in a midterm primary for the party since at least 1970, second only to the 2008 presidential race. 
Turnout in the Republican primary was also strong. The more than 2.1 million GOP votes is that party’s largest midterm primary turnout and is currently only behind the presidential years of 2024 and 2016. 
The Democratic advantage over Republicans in a primary turnout is a rarity in recent Texas history.  [emphasis added]
Once all of the votes were tallied, Democratic primary voters outnumbers GOP primary voters by 1,691,985.

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