Last week’s Texas primary highlights Democratic momentum and record voter turnout, driven in part by a surge in rural voters.
The Daily Yonder reports “rural counties led the state in voter turnout” when about 26% of rural voters made their way to the polls. In comparison, voters in suburbs of major metros reached 25% turnout, and major metropolitan counties turnout reached 24%.
Republicans are in the fight of their lives as they lie to voters and try to defend high prices, economic instability, and health care cuts that have hit rural communities hard.
REMINDER: Republicans have been focused on pushing policies that have decimated rural health care and exacerbated the rural housing crisis, while supporting a reckless trade war that’s devastating rural economies and small businesses. Currently, America’s agriculture industry is on the brink of collapse, and in 2025 alone, farm bankruptcies increased by 46%.
DCCC spokesperson Bridget Gonzalez:
“Everyone is ready to vote out Republicans — with rural counties leading the charge. Republicans are more focused on handouts for billionaires and other countries rather than delivering on their promise to support rural communities here at home, and voters will make them answer for that in November.”
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