Southwest Austin - Dripping Springs | November 2024

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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