Texas ranks among lowest in the U.S. political and civic participation, new study finds

In the 2016 presidential election, Texas residents ranked 47th in voter turnout and 44th in voter registration among all 50 U.S. States and Washington D.C., according to a study released Feb. 14 from the The University of Texas at Austin’s Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life and its non-partisan research partners. Researchers considered the findings only a slight improvement from the previous version of the study known as the “Texas Civic Health Index” conducted in 2013, when Texas was ranked last in voter turnout for the 2010 primary election and the results were deemed “troubling.” See key findings from the 2018 Texas Civic Health Index.