Why You Should Vote in the Texas Caucus

I previously gave an explanation of the Texas voting procedures, but wanted to give a bit more information for those who are voting on March 4 and/or plan to caucus in the evening.

First, where do you caucus? You caucus at the same place that you are required to vote on March 4. While you could early vote up to February 29 at any polling location, you have a specific place that you vote and caucus on March 4 (click on this text to find out your location).

Second, why should you caucus? Well, 1/3 of your vote comes from the caucus…so, unless you just partially want your vote to count, you should plan to go out to caucus at 7:00. Since a much greater majority will be voting in Texas in the Primary, showing up to Caucus will actually help whichever candidate much more than your actual primary vote. So, while the primary vote may count for 2/3 of the delegates, your individual vote will be worth significantly less than your Caucus vote. I’ve made a chart with a best guess estimate as to the Democratic voter turnout for both the primary and the caucus which shows the impact of your vote in each:

	Total Vote	Your % of the Vote Total	Delegate Apportionment	Your % of the Delegate Total
Primary	4,000,000	0.000025%	65.28%	0.000016%
Caucus	400,000	0.000250%	34.72%	0.000087%

This chart reveals in this scenario of total votes cast that while the primary is worth twice the amount of delegates, showing up for the caucus is worth five times the impact.

Good luck!

Update: I’ve also added my final election prediction for Texas.