Texas reaches over 18 million registered voters, the highest it's ever been
Texas reaches over 18 million registered voters, the highest it's ever been
Now, there are 18 million registered voters in Texas, the highest number ever. SMU political scientist Cal Jillson says Hispanics, who used to register at low rates are now signing up in much bigger numbers.
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Yeah. That's how population growth is...
It'll be newsworthy when total votes/voters go down over time, this is like being surprised 12:30 pm happens after noon everyday.
The voter registration numbers are exceeding the population changes in Texas
This is great to see. Texas isn't so much a red state as a non voting state. The more people vote, the better democrats do generally. It's why Republicans are always pushing for voter roll purges.
Republicans lose the popular vote, period. When people actually vote, on every level, Republicans lose.
Point being percent is the metric to use here. Not total number
Yes, using either metric, you're wrong.
12/15.5=77%
18/22=84%
Saying that 18 million more registered voters is more I formative than the percent of registered voters has increased 7% is just ridiculous to me
One shows real useful to information, the other doesn't fucking matter.
If you think that's "wrong" then I'm not sure how to explain this in a way you can understand.
But I'm pretty sure youte assuming I'm saying something else
Saying that 18 million more registered voters
No one is saying that.
Also younger voters, especially young women are much more invested in politics and more likely to vote than ever.
Eh...
In the 1960s it was like 50%, I don't think we're there yet
And people talk about how today's violence, extremism, and division is new like the Civil Rights movement never happened and Malcolm just had that AK for a photo OP.
You're "than ever" isnt accurate.
The 1960s had political engagement and division, no one's denying that.
However it was surpassed in 2020 which was a record year for turnout of 66.8% of eligible voters. Specifically, 90.6% of eligible women were registered, and about 68.4% of them actually voted. Women outpaced men in both categories. Young voters, especially young women, were a big part of that surge.
Trump lost big then, imagine now with all the news about record registrations how much he might lose by now. Personally I think it would be very funny to see Harris break 100M votes,. Can you imagine how angry Trump would be :)