Early voting already has long lines in a state that barely votes. Probably more Paxton/Talarico than the governor race though.
I've always wondered about this. Do that many people just vote for one or two races? If you're there why not vote the whole ballot.
Texas use to have straight ticket voting so people would just show up hit Democrat or Republican and be done, still had low turn out though.
My guess is that people that arent extremely motivated to get to the polls here don't bother now. Paxton is a highly polarizing guy, if it was still Cornyn I wouldnt even bother with checking results on election night like I will this time. From my own experience I prefer that people only vote the races they know and care about; I stoped straight ticket voting when I realized I didnt know anything about the judges (or that there were even judges on the ballot) that button put my vote on and that didnt sit right.