Thread by @mcpli

🚨🚨🚨Over 9.7 million Texans voted through the end of early voting on Friday, a turnout of 57.3% of registered voters.

💥💥💥As of the close of polls yesterday, Texas turnout is 108% of its **total** 2016 turnout - with Election Day still to go.

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🚨💥🚨💥The 9.7 million votes cast in Texas so far are the most in any Texas election in history - and 743k more than the 8.97 million votes cast by Texans in 2016 (when the final turnout was 59.4%).

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Here’s the turnout through the end of early voting in the big Texas counties-

Harris: 57.9%
Dallas: 57.2%
Tarrant: 60.2%
Bexar: (to come)
Travis: 64.2%
Collin: 69.2%
Denton: 67.4%
El Paso: 45.4%
Fort Bend: 68.0%
Williamson: 68.9%
Montgomery: 64.0%

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Turnout in the suburban Texas counties is especially 👀 because they not only exceeded their past raw total turnout (somewhat expected b/c they also added a lot of people), but Denton, Fort Bend & Williamson have had their highest % turnout this century. #txlege #Election2020 4/

With Texas turnout already at 57.3% and Election Day to go, here’s a look at how that compares to the final turnout in elections going back to 1970. #txlege #Election2020 5/

And here's a look at how the early vote in the big Texas counties compares to the final turnout in recent elections. #txlege #Election2020 6/