As advertised:
Dist Str R Str D Str L Turnout Str R% Str D% Str L% Total
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HD126 24,093 19,491 269 56,336 42.77% 34.60% 0.48% 77.84%
HD127 34,178 19,157 312 69,198 49.39% 27.68% 0.45% 77.53%
HD128 29,034 12,583 221 52,737 55.05% 23.86% 0.42% 79.33%
HD129 29,064 19,883 342 65,816 44.16% 30.21% 0.52% 74.89%
HD130 42,728 17,471 355 77,175 55.37% 22.64% 0.46% 78.46%
HD131 4,777 29,161 139 42,617 11.21% 68.43% 0.33% 79.96%
HD132 27,287 26,561 343 67,466 40.45% 39.37% 0.51% 80.32%
HD133 31,498 19,758 335 72,795 43.27% 27.14% 0.46% 70.87%
HD134 27,315 30,634 395 91,273 29.93% 33.56% 0.43% 63.92%
HD135 22,035 22,541 301 56,778 38.81% 39.70% 0.53% 79.04%
HD137 5,701 13,487 148 24,730 23.05% 54.54% 0.60% 78.19%
HD138 18,837 18,746 288 49,297 38.21% 38.03% 0.58% 76.82%
HD139 8,132 28,811 205 47,936 16.96% 60.10% 0.43% 77.49%
HD140 4,254 15,577 116 24,114 17.64% 64.60% 0.48% 82.72%
HD141 3,234 23,341 130 31,872 10.15% 73.23% 0.41% 83.79%
HD142 6,857 25,315 158 40,734 16.83% 62.15% 0.39% 79.37%
HD143 5,895 17,220 156 29,283 20.13% 58.81% 0.53% 79.47%
HD144 7,365 11,849 154 23,861 30.87% 49.66% 0.65% 81.17%
HD145 7,433 17,922 220 33,558 22.15% 53.41% 0.66% 76.21%
HD146 5,983 27,257 183 44,246 13.52% 61.60% 0.41% 75.54%
HD147 7,384 34,054 282 56,014 13.18% 60.80% 0.50% 74.48%
HD148 11,270 21,910 351 48,976 23.01% 44.74% 0.72% 68.46%
HD149 11,660 20,469 211 39,778 29.31% 51.46% 0.53% 81.30%
HD150 34,046 21,560 352 71,783 47.43% 30.03% 0.49% 77.95%
HDs 133, 134, and 148 are the outliers, otherwise each district is in a band between 74 and 84%. For what it’s worth, HDs 134 and 148 were the two best State Rep districts for Gary Johnson in 2016; HD133 was fourth best, also trailing HD129, but nearly a point behind the top two. HDs 1334 was also the best district for Evan McMullin and tied for best for all write ins, while 134, 133, and 148 were numbers 1, 2, and 4 respectively for most undervotes for President in 2016. That all makes sense in context.
One other point to note here is one that reinforces the point I made before about the decline of the Republican Party in Harris County. The Democratic districts are very strongly Democratic. The Republican presence in them is tiny. The Republican districts, on the other hand, sure seem to have a decent number of Democrats in them; in the cases of HDs 132 and 135, more than the number of Republicans. This is very much a function of where the population growth is in Harris County, and as that population has increased, so has the Democratic share of that district, and the county as a whole. The Republicans’ problem in Harris County was and is too many Democrats. Straight ticket voting didn’t help them, but then nothing was going to help them. They have themselves, and their continued embrace of Trump and Trumpism, to blame.
Thank you for your analysis.
Funny but now that it’s gone I realize that I could be counted as ‘dropping-off’ as I prefer to abstain when I come across a race on the ballot that I know nothing about (despite my efforts to be a good voter.)
Thanks for the data analysis!
I’m in the 141st, and just went and looked it up on Ballotpedia. You’re not kidding about Democratic districts being really Democratic. No wonder no other parties bother to field candidates for the legislature here.
I was surprised, pleasantly, that my HD133 was the lowest % of straight party ballot voting.
Hope this continues. I believe it was closer to 80% in past elections.
Vote libertarian! There’s fewer boxes to choose.