Hays County voter turnout spikes in Primary election

Record-breaking voter turnout in Hays County for both Republicans and Democrats during the March 6 primary election might signal a new height in political involvement.

Turnout in last week’s primary featured a 10 percent increase in the number of Democrats who participated and a 12 percent increase in Republicans from the 2014 Primaries.

In the 2014 midterm elections, three percent of registered Republican voters took to the polls. The increased political involvement throughout the county on both sides can be credited to an abundance of local elections in this year’s Primary.