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Nearly 1 million registered voters added in Dallas-Fort Worth since 2016
Dallas-Fort Worth has about 450,000 more registered voters this election compared with the presidential race in 2020. And about 1 million more than when Trump ran for president in 2016. The big picture: The region has some of the fastest-growing counties in the nation, with the population booming especially in the suburbs and exurbs. Denton is now the seventh Texas county with a population over 1 million, per U.S. Census Bureau data.State of play: Voter registration drives appear to have worked. At least 167,000 more North Texans are registered to vote now than were for the March primaries. Since Trump first ran for president in 2016, the four most populous North Texas counties have added more than 815,000 registered voters. Zoom out: Some of the outlying counties, including Kaufman and Rockwall counties, have seen huge population growth that is mirrored in their increases in registered voters. Kaufman, the fastest-growing county in the country, added more than 40,000 registered voters since 2016. Stunning stat: Tarrant County has added the most registered voters since 2016, with 224,072. That's almost equivalent to the Irving population. Reality check: About a quarter of registered voters are unlikely to cast a ballot. For example, about 68% of registered voters in Tarrant County voted in 2020.
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