As expected, the last day of early voting had the heaviest turn out with 3,824 of voters across all of Collin County's local districts casting in-person ballots on Tuesday. Daily early county wide vote counts: M-1,309; T-1,139; W-1,335; TH-1,672; F-1,751; S-1,739; M-2,570; and T-3,824. (see table at bottom for city by city breakout numbers.)
The average age of early voters across Collin County is 57 yrs, but in some districts the average voter age tops 60 years. Sixty percent of early Collin Co voters have a strong Republican Party primary affiliation history, eighteen percent have a Democratic Party primary affiliation history, and the remaining voters, average age 47 yrs, have no party affiliation history.
Plano ISD, which includes 189,267 registered voters across northern portions of the cities of Dallas and Richardson and parts of the cities of Allen, Carrollton, Garland, Lucas, Murphy, Parker and Wylie, is the largest single local election district in Collin Co. and accounted for almost 44 percent of the total early ballots cast in the county, with 6,685 (3.5%) of PISD registered voters casting early ballots. The Frisco, McKinney, Allen, and other independent school districts across Collin County are smaller bases of population and registered voters.
Registered in District within Collin Co |
Percent Countywide Register Voters |
Number People Voted |
Percent District Voted |
Percent Countywide Vote |
|
Plano ISD | 189,267 | 40.02% | 6,718 | 3.55% | 43.81% |
Frisco ISD | 71,295 | 15.07% | 1,935 | 2.71% | 12.62% |
McKinney ISD | 66,570 | 14.08% | 2,808 | 4.22% | 18.31% |
Allen ISD | 51,424 | 10.87% | 1,281 | 2.49% | 8.35% |
The lion's share of ballots cast in Collin County for any election are usually cast during early voting, depending on general level of voter interest in the candidates and issues. The early Collin County turnout split ranges from 55% of the total vote for local and mid-term elections to 68% for presidential elections.
As of Friday morning, The Weather Channel forecasts a 50% chance of rain on Saturday with a possibility of severe thunderstorms later in the day. A rainy election day almost always depresses turnout. A 50/50 early voting / election day turnout split would a yield total election turnout rate of 6.5 percent, however, a 5 to 6 percent overall turnout rate is more likely.
Early voting turnout across Dallas was also tepid. Dallas early turnout indicates election numbers will be well below average, according to Dallas County Elections Administrator Toni Pippins-Poole. Just over 30,000 people turned out during nine days of early voting and that number will likely only rise by a few thousand more on Election Day. That estimate pales in comparison to recent years, when city election turnout was around 48,000 to 50,000, says Pippins-Poole. Dallas turnout for May elections is typically around 10 to 11 percent. “We’re not going to get close to 10 percent turnout in this election,” says Pippins-Poole, “We might get closer to 6 percent.”
Population Est |
Voting Age Population Est |
Registered in District as of 3/15/15 |
Percent of Countywide Register Voters |
Number of People Voted |
Percent of District Voted |
Percent of Countywide Vote |
|
Collin County | 961,120 | 701,618 | 472,945 | 100.00% | 15,336 | 3.24% | 3.24% |
Plano City | 268,771 | 196,203 | 147,564 | 31.20% | 6,032 | 4.09% | 39.33% |
McKinney City | 148,559 | 108,448 | 81,457 | 17.22% | 2,997 | 3.68% | 19.54% |
Allen City | 92,020 | 67,175 | 51,939 | 10.98% | 1,205 | 2.32% | 7.86% |
Frisco City | 84,710 | 61,838 | 44,962 | 9.51% | 1,499 | 3.33% | 9.77% |
Wylie City | 43,031 | 31,413 | 21,905 | 4.63% | 366 | 0.08% | 2.39% |
Prosper City | 12,396 | 9,049 | 8,082 | 1.71% | 719 | 8.90% | 4.69% |
Celina City | 6,744 | 4,923 | 3,817 | 0.81% | 273 | 7.15% | 1.78% |
Farmersville City | 3,395 | 2,478 | 1,589 | 0.34% | 161 | 10.13% | 1.05% |
Related:
- Plano Independent School District Voting Starts April 27th
- City and School Board Elections In Collin Co
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