One voter for every two people
The Dems had a pretty clear plan to flip Texas, assemble a coalition of Hispanic voters, urban black voters and liberal suburban voters. It didn’t work in previous elections, but it did this time.
Liberal suburban voters tend to turn out in high numbers if they think there’s a chance they can win. Black and Latino voters need to be registered and from the look of things, the usual lefty voter turnout ‘non-profits’ were very busy registering legal or illegal voters.
A record 19 million Texans were registered to vote in Tuesday’s election, roughly 418,000 more than in 2024. A little more than half of them — 51.6% — cast ballots in the general election, according to preliminary data from the Texas Secretary of State’s office.
That’s up from 17,119,632 in 2022.
The 418,000 number is all the more impressive when you consider that the population of the state grew by only 391,243 people in one year.
Voter registration growth outpaced population growth in the year for which we have population figures for. Even using estimates, there was a growth of one voter for every two people That ain’t natural. But no one will be very surprised where those voters came from.
The biggest swings to Democrats came from majority-Hispanic counties in South Texas and along the border that went heavily for President Donald Trump in 2024, with Starr, Zapata, Maverick, Hidalgo and Webb counties each shifting upwards of 38 points toward Democrats.
Hidalgo County gained 50,000 voters. There were sizable increases in voter registration around Houston, Dallas and Austin.
Waller County picked up 22% new voters. Brazos County picked up 20,000 voters. Kaufman County in Dallas gained 25,000 voters. Danton County picked up over 81,000 voters. Hays County near Austin gained 35,740 voters.
Numbers like that aren’t natural. Neither was the outcome.
Article posted with permission from Daniel Greenfield
