Texas voting trends of the under 25 demographic: March 2018 Primary by county

Data obtained through an Open Records Request  from the Texas Secretary of State Elections Divisions shows the statewide turnout rate of registered voters under the age of 25 for the March 2018 Primary Election was 4.96%.

Objective 5 of the Texas Education Code states:

Educators will prepare students to be thoughtful, active citizens who have an appreciation for the basic values of our state and national heritage and who can understand and productively function in a free enterprise society. Texas Education Code, Title 2, Subtitle A, Chapter 4. Sec. 4.001 (b) Objective 5

What could be a more compelling, quantifiable metric for determining whether Texas public schools have been preparing students to be “…thoughtful, active citizens…” than the voting activity of recent high school graduates? By that measure, the vast majority of Texas public school administrators appear to be completely ignoring Objective 5:

However, there are a few counties which appear to be outliers, yielding turnout rates for the under 25 demographic many times higher than the state average.

County March 2018 Primary
Turnout Rate
Kenedy 73.68%
Duval 34.58%
Jim Hogg 34.24%
Starr 31.93%
Borden 30.23%
La Salle 30.07%
Motley 29.51%
Brooks 28.19%
Culberson 26.22%
Dimmit 25.34%
Upton 23.14%
Throckmorton 22.58%
Terrell 20.45%
Zapata 18.83%
Zavala 18.17%
Real 17.86%
Hemphill 17.46%
Foard 17.39%
Sterling 17.33%
Delta 15.01%
Maverick 14.84%
Frio 14.07%
Menard 13.04%
Roberts 12.99%
Kent 12.77%
Armstrong 12.50%
Irion 12.50%
Lipscomb 12.50%
Hudspeth 12.44%
Crane 12.39%
Jeff Davis 12.38%
Trinity 12.16%
Oldham 12.05%
Crockett 11.86%
Presidio 11.54%
Webb 11.17%
Loving 11.11%
Cochran 10.98%
Kinney 10.88%
Glasscock 10.75%
Tyler 10.74%
Cottle 10.26%
Carson 10.00%
Jim Wells 9.99%
Travis 9.70%
Somervell 9.67%
Blanco 9.49%
Lynn 9.45%
Yoakum 9.41%
McCulloch 9.31%
Robertson 9.29%
Ochiltree 9.12%
Collingsworth 9.04%
Sabine 8.67%
Van Zandt 8.55%
Fayette 8.51%
Archer 8.49%
Shackelford 8.46%
San Jacinto 8.34%
Sherman 8.29%
Bailey 8.20%
Wheeler 8.11%
Leon 8.09%
Hall 7.96%
Mills 7.82%
Crosby 7.67%
Fannin 7.63%
Reagan 7.63%
Concho 7.62%
Martin 7.59%
Karnes 7.59%
Stonewall 7.58%
Jack 7.45%
Coleman 7.42%
Newton 7.31%
Hidalgo 7.11%
Sutton 7.08%
Kimble 7.05%
Erath 6.98%
Childress 6.94%
Rains 6.89%
Dallam 6.83%
Panola 6.81%
Hopkins 6.78%
Gillespie 6.76%
Willacy 6.76%
Franklin 6.73%
Lavaca 6.69%
Calhoun 6.61%
Hardeman 6.61%
Limestone 6.59%
Lampasas 6.59%
Lee 6.59%
Gaines 6.50%
Callahan 6.43%
Stephens 6.42%
Upshur 6.40%
Freestone 6.36%
Rusk 6.22%
Uvalde 6.17%
Colorado 6.17%
Comanche 6.13%
Waller 6.02%
Palo Pinto 5.97%
Liberty 5.91%
Ward 5.90%
Hood 5.88%
Donley 5.86%
Gray 5.85%
Reeves 5.85%
Clay 5.85%
Hunt 5.80%
Titus 5.77%
Navarro 5.77%
Brazos 5.75%
Cherokee 5.69%
Hale 5.68%
Andrews 5.65%
Parmer 5.62%
Aransas 5.61%
Floyd 5.58%
Milam 5.57%
Polk 5.52%
Jasper 5.51%
Mitchell 5.50%
Anderson 5.48%
Ellis 5.46%
Collin 5.45%
Kendall 5.42%
Dickens 5.41%
Winkler 5.40%
Eastland 5.39%
Lamb 5.36%
Terry 5.36%
Shelby 5.34%
Walker 5.34%
Hays 5.23%
Chambers 5.13%
Coke 5.06%
Wharton 5.03%
Schleicher 5.03%
McLennan 5.02%
Washington 5.02%
Scurry 4.97%
Statewide 4.96%
Denton 4.95%
Williamson 4.95%
Hartley 4.91%
Val Verde 4.91%
Hill 4.89%
Parker 4.87%
Comal 4.85%
Brewster 4.84%
Rockwall 4.82%
El Paso 4.75%
Wise 4.75%
Young 4.72%
Medina 4.71%
Smith 4.70%
Morris 4.70%
Atascosa 4.69%
Angelina 4.68%
Jones 4.68%
Bastrop 4.67%
Live Oak 4.67%
Hansford 4.65%
Henderson 4.65%
Cass 4.65%
Victoria 4.55%
Wood 4.54%
Lamar 4.52%
Kleberg 4.51%
Nolan 4.42%
Fisher 4.41%
Bosque 4.40%
Dawson 4.40%
San Saba 4.38%
Tarrant 4.38%
Lubbock 4.35%
Burleson 4.35%
Nacogdoches 4.34%
San Augustine 4.33%
Kaufman 4.33%
Brazoria 4.25%
Camp 4.25%
Hutchinson 4.24%
Garza 4.24%
Hockley 4.22%
Gregg 4.20%
Deaf Smith 4.14%
Llano 4.13%
Runnels 4.11%
Kerr 4.09%
Houston 4.04%
Randall 4.02%
Jefferson 4.01%
Briscoe 4.00%
Cooke 3.99%
San Patricio 3.99%
McCulloch 3.97%
Dallas 3.96%
Harrison 3.95%
Pecos 3.91%
Goliad 3.83%
Fort Bend 3.82%
Galveston 3.78%
Bexar 3.77%
Brown 3.77%
Montgomery 3.76%
Grayson 3.74%
Red River 3.66%
Harris 3.64%
Austin 3.62%
Guadalupe 3.61%
Grimes 3.58%
Jackson 3.57%
Wichita 3.55%
Refugio 3.54%
Wilson 3.50%
Orange 3.49%
McLennan 3.42%
Castro 3.41%
Montague 3.39%
Bowie 3.37%
Falls 3.36%
Coryell 3.36%
Johnson 3.36%
Burnet 3.31%
Nueces 3.28%
Hamilton 3.27%
Bandera 3.18%
Swisher 3.10%
Potter 3.09%
Midland 2.94%
Cameron 2.93%
DeWitt 2.88%
Knox 2.83%
Moore 2.80%
Bee 2.80%
Ector 2.75%
Caldwell 2.74%
Bell 2.72%
Haskell 2.71%
Hardin 2.68%
Howard 2.51%
Matagorda 2.49%
Taylor 2.47%
Tom Green 2.14%
Baylor 2.13%
Edwards 2.11%
McMullen 2.08%
Gonzales 1.72%
Wilbarger 0.96%
Mason 0.46%
King 0.00%

 

https://www.sos.state.tx.us/records.shtml

Data supplied by Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division based on :

“Total number of registered voters born since December 31, 1992, by county,  and total number of voters born since December 31, 1992 who voted in March 6, 2018 Primary Election.”

VOTER COUNT Ages 18-24_March 2018

VOTERS WHO VOTED Ages 18-24_March 2018

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