This election looks different than in previous years. Voter turnout is on course to be an all-time high. A week before the election Texas had already surpassed its 2016 voter turnout. The state has also seen a 12 percent increase in registered voters since the 2016 election. Texas saw a low voter turnout in 2016 with only 54 percent of Texans voting. Texas has the second-most electoral votes at 38. 

Texas was not alone in its low voter turnout. Only two states had more than 70 percent of registered voters vote. Those states were Maine and Wisconsin with 72.7 percent and 70.5 percent respectively.