Millions more Americans vote ahead of Election Day as early voting jumps across Senate battlegrounds
Summary
More than 43 million Americans had voted early in person or returned mail ballots, nearly 10 million more than at the same point in the 2022 midterm election. Early voting rose sharply in several states with competitive Senate races, according to an Associated Press analysis of data collected five days before Election Day.Key Facts
- More than 43 million people had voted early across 47 states and Washington, D.C.
- The total was nearly 10 million higher than at the same point in 2022, when data covered 48 states and Washington, D.C.
- More than 6.3 million Texans had voted early, up 50% from 4.2 million at the same point four years earlier.
- Early voting was up more than 30% in Maine, Michigan, North Carolina and Kansas.
- South Carolina early voting was up 83%; voters there were choosing a successor to the late Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.
- In states that report party affiliation, about 6.8 million Democrats and 5.2 million Republicans had voted early; the figures do not show how they voted.
- The election will determine control of Congress, where Republicans held both the House and Senate at the time of the article.
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