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Turnout has reportedly spiked on the first day of early voting in Texas, as polls show Ted Cruz ahead of Democrat Beto O'Rourke
Early voting began on Monday in Texas, the country's most populous red state, where 15.6 million people are registered to vote in the midterm elections next month.
Early voting began on Monday in Texas, the country's most populous red state, where 15.6 million people are registered to vote in the midterm elections next month.
Some reports indicated on Monday that the state is seeing to higher-than-normal voter turnout. The Houston Chronicle likened the ncamped out — outside an early voting location in Houston on Monday morning to
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In Texas, early voting is more popular than lining up for the ballot box on Ellison Day — in 2016,
The state has added more than 1.6 million registered voters to its rolls since the 2014 midterms, but Texas has one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the country — it ranked 47th in the US in 2016.
In the last four midterm elections (which attract even fewer voters than presidential years), between
O'Rourke, who's raised more money than any Senate candidate in history — and a shocking $38 million in the third quarter — has for months attracted widespread national attention with video clips of him defending the free speech rights of NFL players and skateboarding in a parking lot going viral online.
But recent polls have Cruz ahead of O'Rourke by between five and nine points — an indication of how difficult it is for a progressive to win statewide office in Texas.
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Early voting also began on Monday in Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Wisconsin, and Washington, DC. Texans can cast their ballots until November 2 and on Election Day, which is November 6.
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