Summary: A comparison of the 2018 and 2020 voter turnouts by county alongside this year’s number of registered voters. As of the weekend, this year’s election was on pace for about 36 percent turnout, showing a much lower degree of enthusiasm — on par with midterms before 2018. That year saw a 53 percent turnout, and the 2020 presidential race exceeded 66 percent turnout statewide.
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The Texan
04 November 2022
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Here’s a comparison of the 2018 and 2020 voter turnouts by county alongside this year’s number of registered voters.
Voter registration this year increased 12 percent from the 2018 midterm, now totaling 17.7 million. Alongside that increase, early voting turnout is substantially behind the pace set in 2018 and 2020.
As of the weekend, this year’s election was on pace for about 36 percent turnout, showing a much lower degree of enthusiasm — on par with midterms before 2018. That year saw a 53 percent turnout, and the 2020 presidential race exceeded 66 percent turnout statewide.
Parker County
2018 Turnout 54,495
2018 Turnout 59.33%
2020 Turnout 76,128
2020 Turnout 73.20%
2022 Registered 115,621
Wise County (north)
2018 Turnout 23,117
2018 Turnout 55.37%
2020 Turnout 32,365
2020 Turnout 70.91 %
2022 Registered 49,888
Tarrant County (east)
2018 Turnout 627,894
2018 Turnout 55.93%
2020 Turnout 834,697
2020 Turnout 68.84%
2022 Registered 1,260,870
Johnson County (southeast)
2018 Turnout 52,436
2018 Turnout 53.97%
2020 Turnout 72,020
2020 Turnout 68.22%
2022 Registered 116,736
Hood County (south)
2018 Turnout 25,005
2018 Turnout 61.23%
2020 Turnout 32,541
2020 Turnout 72.59%
2022 Registered 48,651
Palo Pinto County (west)
2018 Turnout 9,430
2018 Turnout 52.44%
2020 Turnout 12,489
2020 Turnout 65.92%
2022 Registered 19,390
Jack County (northwest)
2018 Turnout 2,813
2018 Turnout 55.35%
2020 Turnout 3,782
2020 Turnout 71.98%
2022 Registered 5,603
Weatherford Democrat
01 November 2022
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“We have early voting from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. through Friday,” Parker County Elections Administrator Crickett Miller said Monday, while reminding voters that cell phones, cameras and other recording devices are not allowed within 100 feet of polls.
Miller reported that 19,682 of Parker County’s 115,804 registered voters had turned out early at the county’s seven early voting sites. That included 3,353 on Oct. 24, when rains soaked the the first early voting day.
Early voting in Parker County was most heavy at the courthouse annex at 1112 Santa Fe Drive, with boxes in Aledo, Azle and Springtown reporting healthy turnouts as well.
Countywide voting is in effect in both counties, meaning voters can cast ballots at any poll.
Miller also said registered voters who did not update their registrations by the Oct. 11 deadline, such as if they moved within the county, still can come to her office in the courthouse annex and vote a limited ballot.