Nearly 425,000 ballots were cast across Travis, Williamson and Hays counties for the March 3 primary election, with the majority of Austin Metro voters supporting incumbent President Donald J. Trump and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, as the respective Republican Party and Democrat Party presidential nominees, according to unofficial results posted overnight.
Approximately 123,037 votes, or about 92.73% of all participating Republican voters, were cast in support of Trump as the party nominee across the three Austin Metro counties, and another 95,547 ballots, or 32.57% of Democrat voters, chose Sanders to represent the Democrats in the November presidential election.
Trump also dominated the largely uncontested Republican Party primary throughout Texas, recording 94.05% of all primary votes, while former Vice President Joe Biden is projected to receive the most Democrat primary votes, about 32.41%, according to Texas Secretary of State unofficial results. Sanders received 29.72% of all statewide votes and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg earned 15.49%. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., placed fourth in the Democrat primary with 11.64% of the 1,653,588 votes counted as of 7 a.m. Central time March 4.
Here is a breakdown of preliminary results (7 a.m. March 4) of combined presidential primary votes across Travis, Williamson and Hays counties:
