Evidence of an expansive enthusiasm gap threatening to sink Democrats in November has emerged in Texas.
The roughly 2 million voters who pulled the lever in Republican primaries Tuesday amounted to the second-largest-ever turnout for the GOP on primary day in Texas, eclipsed only by the 2.8 million votes recorded in the state’s 2016 presidential nominating contest. The 2 million Texans who voted in Republican primaries this week outnumbered participation in corresponding Democratic contests by nearly 100% and included many with a minimal history of voting in primaries.
The Republican enthusiasm advantage as demonstrated by voter turnout in Tuesday’s Texas primaries is a reversal from the last midterm election in 2018. That year, Democrats had the edge, and the participation numbers in the Democratic and Republican primaries revealed as much.Republicans still attracted more voters in their primaries four years ago but only enjoyed a 1.5 million-to-1 million advantage, approximately.
“Republican turnout was really strong,” said Brendan Steinhauser, a GOP operative in Texas. “The Democrats didn’t have a lot of enthusiasm or energy for this primary.” Republican David Carney, an adviser to Gov. Greg Abbott, calls Biden “the greatest gift to Republicans this nation has ever seen since Abraham Lincoln.” Abbott cruised in his primary, dispatching more than half-dozen second-tier challengers.
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