Wow, Texas may actually be in play if this trend continues.

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Link to tweet

BREAKING: Nearly all eligible voters in Travis County are registered to vote this year.

A record 97% of the county’s estimated 850,000 eligible voters are registered
Travis County early voting: More than 6,000 cast in-person ballots Tuesday morning
11:15 a.m. update: As lines wrapped around voting locations in Travis County Tuesday morning, Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector Bruce Elfant reported that nearly all eligible voters in Travis...
statesman.com

“Travis county is one of the most consistently Democratic counties in Texas, having voted for the Dem presidential nominee in 12 of the last 15 elections...”

[msongs]

1. it's not who votes, it's who counts the votes nt

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3. Not if the in-person votes give Biden the win on November 3.

[chriscan64]

2. Long lines in San Antonio too.

I am lucky, I get to wait in a short line in a rural county just south of San Antonio. It would be nice to turn Texas, no stopping a landslide then.

[qazplm135]

17. had about a 75 minute wait at 330 pm in San Antonio

unfortunately, we just don't know yet. Is this extra turnout indicating a wave? Is this just cannibalizing the election day vote for our side?

The good news is every early vote is an actual vote that won't be stopped by COVID concerns or long lines on election day, or bad weather, or a flat tire or any of the things that can keep someone from voting on election day.

So every early vote is never a bad thing, we just won't know how good it is until election night.

[LeftInTX]

32. Bexar County actually had 2,000 less than the first day in 2016

I think Covid and also new voting machines are complicating things. I'm thankful for all the new polling sites! Also election judges are having to cancel an unprecedented amt of mail ballots because voters have changed their minds. This takes alot of time.

[qazplm135]

33. Could also be

That folks were anticipating long lines and are waiting moreso than 2016.

We really won't know til election day.

[vercetti2021]

4. Even Amarillo had very long lines today

Amarillo is normally Trump country. But I think there are more liberals here that most people don't acknowledge. I had to wait voting since I couldn't wait an hour.

First time I ever saw a line of people waiting to vote here.

[onetexan]

5. OMG i am so glad to hear this! We lived there only 1 year before moving to Austin area & Amarillo is

redder than many other rural city in TX. BUT from what i can see the SW quadrant of Amarillo is a newer, more affluent area of town & more left leaning due to newcomers moving in.

Even in the outer suburbs here in the Austin area there were long lines the first day. Rachel Maddow is mentioning Harris Cty - a gigantic county - shattering records & offering drive-thru voting. Novel!!!
Chris Odonnell just mentioned the large turnout in TX major cities as well.

I don't doubt TX will go for Biden this election. Even the Republican lady standing near me lamented how horrible 45 is for the country & is voting for Joe. We can do this!!

[vercetti2021]

6. I just hope the coattails are long enough

To pull MJ over Cornyn and the statehouse to the dems.

[onetexan]

10. i am praying that is the case, and i do think MJ & Dem candidates may be buoyed by Dem enthusiasm

and win. It's a tall order but plausible. She is from Round Rock, in my county & just a half hour from me.
Beto's campaign to register 1 million TX voters has actually registered 2.9 million - yowza!!

Texans are very energized for MJ & all Dems overall. MJ is awesome!!

[vercetti2021]

16. Yeah people are done

Mean Beto lost by 2%. Add 2.9 million more voters and it should show. I don't see how MJ could lose if Biden wins. I think it'll have coattails long enough to deliver the state to him and net one in the Senate. I really hope for the statehouse because we'll control the redistricting. Only 9 seats is all we need.

[onetexan]

24. Totally agree. yes i hope Dems w win back the TX House as well. We need to take control of at least

1 lever of power in TX to stop the GOP assault.

[herding cats]

7. The fly in the GOP ointment in Texas is the new registered voters.

Turnout is going to be pivotal with them.

Thank Beto if things pivot. He's been working his butt off down here registering people and keeping us all working hard to change this state. I don't care if he's your flavor of Democrat, or not. He's dedicated and hardworking more than anyone else we've seen here in recent history. ❤️

[vercetti2021]

8. Beto is the reason Texas Democrats are back

2018 brought in new excitement when he ran for the Senate. Despite losing by 2%. It shows the demographics are not in the cons favor in Texas. If Texas flips. It's because Beto was the first one to cast a line in the river.

[onetexan]

11. Yes!! I'm hoping Biden will give Beto a prominent role in his administration. He so energizes Dems

in TX. OR he will run for TX governor in 2022. Darn i'd love that.
Here's hoping he w/ be a future President from TX!!!

[vercetti2021]

13. Governor or senator in 2024

By 2022 or 2024. Texas will be in the blue most likely. Cruz is on his way out in 4 years

[AlexSFCA]

28. we can only fix these states from the inside so governor would be better

dem legislatures in all states should think of way to expand access to voting, make it easy and secure and celebratory even. It’s some third world shit what’s happing in georgia.

[dalton99a]

15. His campaign manager is now Biden's manager, so he has a good connection

but I suspect he wants to stay in Texas and run for governor

[onetexan]

20. Dear Lord i hope so!! We need a very strong, recognizable face to win the TX governorship. Beto is

the man because of the visibility he's gained since 2018 till now. He is amazing!! I've met him in person in 2017 and can't help but love the guy. Such a good good human being. Such a strong, empathetic & passionate leader!!

[roamer65]

18. Governor Beto O'Rourke.

I like the sound of that.

[vercetti2021]

19. Me too

I love it

[onetexan]

21. Make that 3!! Love Beto

[Thekaspervote]

29. Oh amen to that!! From TX gov to president..sounds great!

[dalton99a]

12. +1. Beto is a key catalyst. And he really worked his ass off for Democrats

[vercetti2021]

14. Exactly

2018 was the reinvention of the Texas democratic party

[susanr516]

22. I wish Beto had run for US Senate again

Cornyn has consistently polled lower than Cruz, thanks to Cruz Sr. being the pastor/cult leader of a mega-church in the DFW area. Beto had everything in place to make another run for Senate, but he got distracted by the allure of running for a more impressive position.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a HUGE Beto fan. I just wish he had paid more attention to the polls and run when it was most advantageous for him to snag a Senate seat, and then looked to a higher office. Beto could have beaten Cornyn AND have inspired his supporters to vote straight D. Coulda, shoulda, woulda, I guess, but I've worked county level campaigns in TX for over 30 years. I see Beto's decision to run for President, rather than Senator, one of biggest miscalculations I've ever seen.

[JCMach1]

30. I think he wants Gov. ... Abbott is going to be very, very vulnerable

In the next election

[susanr516]

34. Possibly

I'd prefer Beto to run for Lt. Governor. That's a much more powerful office than Governor in TX.

[Demovictory9]

9. No wonder Abbott reduced the drop offs

[yellowdogintexas]

23. we havae drive through for our dropped off mail in ballots in Fort Worth

It is set up very nicely.

October 5 was the last day to register to vote. So many people came to the Elections office they had to stay open until 10:00pm . There were voters and registration drops both. and they had different color tents for the drive throughs. It was awe inspiring.

Tarrant CO has 50 early voting sites, evenly distributed around the county.

To be honest I don't get why folks don't wait a couple of days to vote early. With 50 locations and earaly voting through the 30th, they don't need to stand in line like that. I would certainly wait it out until a few days have gone by, or look for a less crowded location.

[Demovictory9]

26. People are motivated this election..

[vercetti2021]

27. People want this asshole gone

And hopefully they'll want cornyn to go with him

[MoonchildCA]

31. Sometimes it feels really good to have the experience

of being part of the movement and to feel you are making history.

[tormadjax]

25. It's going to be a massive wipeout! n/t