This presentation provides the initial precinct-by-precinct voter registration data post-redistricting in Harris County, TX. The spreadsheet includes data by gender and surname. It also provides a district-key that associates each voting precinct with a political jurisdictions at the federal, state and county level.
The presentation tries to answer the following questions:
• What is the total number of registered voters in each voting precinct?
•What is the number of registered voters in each voting precinct by gender?
•What is the estimated number of Spanish and Asian surname registered voters in each voting precinct?
•What percent of the registered voters do Spanish-surnames and Asian-surnames comprise in each voting precinct?
•What is the number of the registered voters, Spanish-surname registered voters, Asian-surname registered voters by gender in each federal, state, and county political jurisdiction in Harris County, Texas?
ABOUT THE INFORMATION
The official Harris County, Texas voter registration roll for January 2022 is the primary source for the statistics that appear in this presentation. The voter registration file is a public record and is subject to public inspection. It is available for a nominal fee of $25.00 at the County’s Election Office.
The number of surname registered voters were estimated by conducting queries on the voter registration file using Census Spanish and Asian surname glossaries. The accuracy of the official registered voter lists and surname glossaries utilized to conduct the queries directly impact the voter registration estimates provided on the spreadsheet. Any variance that is generated by an inexact surname list or incomplete voter registration list is negligible. NOTE: The Asian-surname estimates include the transliterated Chinese-surname “Lee.” According to 2010 Census surname information, 42% of the persons with the surname “Lee” submitting a Census form in 2010 were Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders. Still, the inclusion of “Lee” in the Asian-surname list used to estimate the number of Asian-surname registered voters has little impact on the overall surname percentages. Also, three registered voters were not included in this presentations because of no association with a voting precinct.
ABOUT THE HECTORDELEON PERSPECTIVE
The HECTORDELEON PERSPECTIVE is a private Think Tank style web publication that endeavors to chart the diverse American experience, from culture to politics…because perspective is everything.
Its originator, Hector de Leon, has devoted over 30 year to empowering people by carrying out civic engagement programmatic activities, from citizenship to voter education and mobilization, through non-profits groups (1989-2004) and as a county election official (2004-2020).
Questions about this presentation may be submitted to hectordeleon@hectordeleon.com.
This presentation is provided as a public service.
(This is a work-in progress)
