Approximately 17.6% of Bastrop County’s registered voters cast a vote for party nominees in races that will determine local leadership, as the second week of early voting for the March 3 primary election ended Feb. 27.
Voter Registration Clerk Analicia Vasquez told Community Impact that as of March 2, there were 11,011 voters, including 5,415 Democrats and 5,596 Republicans.
These figures exceeded those during the early voting period for the March 1, 2022, primary election.
The 5,415 Democratic voters exceeded those in 2022 by 187%, while the 5,596 Republican voters exceeded those in 2022 by 100.4%, according to data obtained from the Texas Secretary of State.
