(WBAP/KLIF) — The Texas Secretary of State’s office has released final numbers for the 2022 Mid-terms, which show a 45% turnout of registered voters. That number is down from the 53% benchmark set during the 2018 Mid-terms.
Sam Taylor at the Secretary of State’s office noted an interesting trend this year as an increasing number of newly registered voters are Republicans. He also cited only a few minor issues occurring during the statewide voting process. The November 8th election in Texas generated the greatest number of registered voters in history at 17.7 million. However that didn’t equate to a greater voter turnout, as Taylor says that over 8-million Texans voted during the Mid-terms.
In a state where over 22-million residents are of voting age, just under 37% cast ballots during the 2022 Election. 8.4 million votes were cast by Texans during the 2018 Mid-terms. In contrast, 11.4 million people voted during the 2020 Presidential Election in the Lone Star State. Taylor says the lack of a federal senate race on the ballot may have also contributed to the lower-than-expected turnout.
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