Elbert Wang was a fellow on the data visuals team. Prior to the Texas Tribune, he was a summer intern on the interactives team at the San Francisco Chronicle, and a data journalist at Dremio, a data-as-a-service company in Mountain View. He graduated from Brown in 2017 with degrees in computer science and classics.
Voter turnout in the 2018 Texas midterm elections increased by 18 percentage points compared with the previous midterms, according to data from the United States Elections Project. Full Story
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Tuesday's elections fired up more Texas voters than any midterm in a generation. Turnout even eclipsed the 2000 presidential race in which Texans helped put George W. Bush — one of their own — in the White House. Full Story
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Early voter turnout in the 2018 midterms surpassed turnout from the 2012 presidential election in the 30 Texas counties where most registered voters in the state — 78 percent — live. Full Story
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Experts cautioned against saying the slight increase in crime was due to the decreased police-to-resident ratio. Full Story
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With poverty down and incomes up, 2017 proved to be a solid year of economic improvement for Texas even though Texans of color continue to be left behind. Full Story
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