Election
BY BEN THOMPSON
Turnout in 2024’s general election fell slightly below 2020’s record highs
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The overall presidential election vote in Hays and Travis counties also ended up below 2020 levels. The counties’ votes shifted Republican by more than 3% in this year’s contest over the last race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
Hays and Travis county cast nearly 714,000 ballots in the November general election, according to unofficial results reported by the counties. That represents just over 64% of their 1,111,879 total registered voters. Turnout fell over 1% from 2020, when more than 722,000 voters in the two counties participated in the November general election out of 1,015,777 registered voters— more than 71%. Early voting levels also dipped below 2020, although that year had several extra days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Early turnout through the same number of days was higher this fall.
Turnout
Registered voters
800K 600K 400K 200K 0 1M 1.2M
Republican Austin-area presidential votes Democratic Other party/write-in 2016
161,035 341,484
38,365
2020
15,343
209,017
495,384
2016
2020
2024
2024
16,068
Year
229,219
464,496
SOURCE: HAYS COUNTY, TRAVIS COUNTY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
SOURCE: HAYS COUNTY, TRAVIS COUNTY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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