S elections project at the University of Florida.

As of Tuesday, nearly eight million Texans had cast ballots.

That's close to 90% of the entire 2016 vote, ah, higher percentage than any state in the country and to pull by.

A Rice university professor And the University of Houston found Biden leading over President Donald Trump with early voters 59% to 39%.

Democrats also point to more than three million newly registered voters in the state, many of whom moved to Texas from predominantly Democratic areas.

D.

J.

Ibarra is the executive director of the Harris County Democratic Party, which includes the city of Houston.

People are really excited, Thio take part of the process we've had, you know, we've set of voter registration record in Texas this cycle.

Um, you know, we have 2.5 million registered voters here in Harris County alone on the more we talk to people, the more excited that they see him there ready to get out there, ready to go vote against Donald Trump.

A Biden win here could end any chance of Trump's reelection, but Democrats have been cautious about investing cash and resources here.

The Biden campaign has told Reuters they're more focused on traditional battleground states, where the polls are more favorable.

That has prompted some frustration from Texas Democrats.

Former Congressman Beto O.

Rourke, who narrowly lost a Senate campaign here in 2018 and showed how close Democrats could come to winning, told reporters last week Quote.

They've invested close to $0 in the state of Texas and they're doing this well.

Imagine if they invested some real dollars.