Map Shows States With Most Early Voters So Far
Summary
More than 28 million Americans had cast ballots in the 2026 midterms as of the article’s reporting, with early voting ahead of the pace in 2022 in several states. Texas had the most early ballots, followed by California and Florida; the article cautions that early-voting totals do not predict the final results.Key Facts
- The University of Florida Election Lab reported more than 28 million ballots cast by mail or in person.
- Texas had more than 4 million early ballots, California had 3.1 million, Florida had 2.7 million, North Carolina had 1.5 million and Virginia had over 1.1 million.
- An Associated Press analysis found early voting was 74 percent higher in Texas than at the same point in 2022, while Kansas had more than doubled its early-ballot total.
- Early voting in Maine, North Carolina and Ohio was up by more than 30 percent compared with the same point in 2022.
- Among 6.9 million early voters in states reporting age data, 50.4 percent were over 65 and 4.5 percent were ages 18 to 25.
- In states reporting party registration, Democrats made up 45.1 percent of 13.7 million early voters and Republicans made up 30.7 percent.
- The article reported that Trump voted early in Florida on October 24 and that both Republican and Democratic groups were encouraging early voting.
- The article said Alabama and New Hampshire had not yet reported early-voting data.
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