Interesting...early voting **down** in large TX counties from 2008

[rainbow4321]

Dallas County: 477,288 ----> 415,743
Tarrant County 431,799----->387,350
Collin County (my county, very heavy repuke) 211,637-->213,447
Denton County 166,297---->163,082

The local repuke rag is, of course, pointing to my county (repukeville) saying LOOK, LOOK, a bigger turnout than 2008, republicans are "showing enthusiasm". Um, ok, somehow an extra 1,810 early voters in our huge ass county doesn't seem worthy of the phrase "showing enthusiasm". Hell, for all they know, those extra voters may be Dems or Independents!


I would like to think that not-very-enthused repukes are just sitting this one out in Texas..

[blogslut]

1. this is my hope

...that republicans in TExas stay home in droves.

[seabeyond]

2. Randall County numbers are down by 14%, Potter County numbers are down by nearly 35%

http://myhighplains.com/fulltext?nxd_id=312412


my husband was telling me numbers were down this election. sure enough, he was right. i live in potter, randall bumps up against us, the south part of amarillo.

i have seen more obama than romney stickers. we have four houses with obama signs, two houses romney signs, on our street.

definitely not going dem.

[freshwest]

3. What about Harris County?

[rainbow4321]

4. Found this on Harris County

http://blog.chron.com/kuffsworld/2012/11/final-ev-totals/


I think the article I read and got the numbers from only listed the counties around here in North Texas...but, yeah, it would have been nice if they had included Harris and Travis so we could have a better idea of across-the-state stats

[Jane Austin]

6. Travis County (Austin) is down, too,

according to the Statesman.

[southmost]

5. strange election cycle for texas

I've been seeing many Sadler signs right alongside Rmoney/R'lyin signs... very odd... Repugs have nothing to be excited about... (I guess they can't bring themselves to vote for teabagger-Ted Cruz /son of a Cuban immigrant)