Here are your final early voting totals for the 2018 primary runoffs, and here is a handy table with comparisons to previous years.
Year March Runoff Pct
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2018 R 156,387 33,768 21.6%
2018 D 167,982 33,706 20.1%
2016 R 329,768 39,128 11.9%
2016 D 227,280 30,334 13.3%
2014 R 139,703 96,763 69.3%
2014 D 53,788 18,828 35.0%
2012 R 163,980 136,040 83.0%
2012 D 79,486 29,912 37.6%
2010 R 159,821 43,014 26.9%
2010 D 101,263 15,225 15.0%
2008 R 171,108 40,587 23.7%
2008 D 410,908 9,670 2.4%
2006 R 82,989 10,528 12.7%
2006 D 35,447 13,726 38.7%
Democrats had more mail ballots – 18,106 to 15,837 – while more Rs showed up in person, 17,931 to 15,600. Based on recent primary runoffs, I’d say somewhere between two thirds and three quarters of the vote has already happened, so figure the final turnout numbers to be in the 45,000 to 50,000 range. Democrats did surpass their high-water mark for primary runoff turnout during the EV period as expected, while this looks like a more or less normal year for Republicans. If you are voting on Tuesday, check to see where your polling place is before you head out. I’ll have results from the final vote on Wednesday.
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