“I’m in no rush”: Voter apathy takes hold of early voting ahead of Texas midterm election

Students and faculty walk past the Peter T. Flawn Academic Center at the University of Texas at Austin while early voting takes place Oct. 25. So far, fewer Texans have voted in 2022 than in 2018, the last midterm election. (Credit: Azul Sordo/The Texas Tribune)

Heading into the Lufkin Walmart on Friday morning, Faye Whitefield did not sound too enthusiastic about this midterm election.

“It is what it is,” said Whitefield, a Democrat who planned to vote later that day. “There’s always going to be something to complain about no matter who is in office, whether a Democrat or Republican.”