In 2016 General Election, most of the local elections had been decided by the time the election day came -61.6 percent cast. People discounted the effectiveness any flyers or ads placed in the last week before the election.
This primary is different. As of 5 p.m., the Election Day votes accounted for 45.3 percent of the votes cast. Those last-minute ads and flyers will have an impact.
| General 2016 | Primary 2018 | |||
| Mail-in | 39,313 | 25.4% | 18,678 | 33.2% |
| Early Voting | 56,179 | 36.2% | 12,100 | 21.5% |
| Election Day | 59,575 | 38.4% | 25,480 | 45.3% |
| 155,067 | 56,258 | |||