How a small fraction of Texas voters decides the state’s fate | Opinion
Supporters cheer and waves signs during a primary election night event for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and with his wife, State Sen. Angela Paxton, on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in McKinney, Texas.Texas, we’ve been here before. In fact, we often issue this lament after local elections.Preliminary counts show that only 17.5% of about 17 million registered voters in this state cast a ballot in the March primaries.
The turnout was consistently low across our region and other metropolitan areas. In Dallas County, 15.3% of registered voters showed up, with Tarrant and Collin counties faring only slightly better. In Travis County, turnout was 18.1% and in Bexar County, 15.2%. In Harris County, the largest in Texas, only about 13% of voters cast ballots.
Even the extremely competitive 2016 presidential election wasn’t enough of a draw for half of all eligible Texas voters. Our turnout ranked 47th in the country, ahead of only Tennessee, West Virginia and Hawaii. Texans who showed up to vote this year by and large rewarded candidates whose campaigns were often fueled by partisan talking points rather than substance.
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