The early vote total in Texas was fairly large for a midterm election. About 5,490,208 people voted early -- about 31.07% of the 17,672,143 registered voters in the state. In 2018, about 8,371,255 people voted in that election (both early and on Election Day). With early voting totaling 5.4 million this year, it seems obvious that total voting in this election will easily eclipse the total voting in 2018. A new record will be set for a midterm election.
We'll have to wait to see which party will benefit from this.
The numbers are from the office of the Texas Secretary of State.
