In 2016, 47 million Americans cast ballots before Election Day. By Oct. 22 of this year, that record was broken, and by Nov. 3 it was shattered.In several states, early ballots exceeded the total number of votes cast in 2016. Motivated Americans turned out in person and by mail to ensure their ballots were counted amid a pandemic.[]In the earliest days of voting, registered Democrats outvoted Republicans roughly three-to-one in battleground states that provide partisan breakdowns. As Election Day neared, however, that gap narrowed.Republicans were more likely to tell pollsters they.More...…In 2016, 47 million Americans cast ballots before Election Day. By Oct. 22 of this year, that record was broken, and by Nov. 3 it was shattered.In several states, early ballots exceeded the total number of votes cast in 2016. Motivated Americans turned out in person and by mail to ensure their ballots were counted amid a pandemic.[]In the earliest days of voting, registered Democrats outvoted Republicans roughly three-to-one in battleground states that provide partisan breakdowns. As Election Day neared, however, that gap narrowed.Republicans were more likely to tell pollsters they.More...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIn , some of the only data we have to analyze whether Republicans or Democrats have the advantage is who’s voting early.Early voting started Dec. 14 in the two Jan. 5 runoffs between Sen. David Perdue (R) and Jon Ossoff and Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R) and Raphael Warnock, which will decide control of the Senate. So far, at least 2.6 million voters have cast their ballots, which is already a turnout record for a statewide runoff in Georgia.To date, Democrats than they were at this point before the November election, thanks to...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareIn , some of the only data we have to analyze whether Republicans or Democrats have the advantage is who’s voting early.Early voting started Dec. 14 in the two Jan. 5 runoffs between Sen. David Perdue (R) and Jon Ossoff and Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R) and Raphael Warnock, which will decide control of the Senate. So far, at least 2.6 million voters have cast their ballots, which is already a turnout record for a statewide runoff in Georgia.To date, Democrats than they were at this point before the November election, thanks to...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareDemocrats need to win both of to take control of the Senate. But despite President-elect Joe Biden carrying the state, they’re fighting an uphill battle in both races — particularly given they took fewer votes than Republicans the first time around in each race.Biden won Georgia by about , a very slim margin in a state where nearly 5 million were cast but enough to become the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state since 1992. But now attention turns to the state’s runoffs. In those races, Biden received...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareDemocrats need to win both of to take control of the Senate. But despite President-elect Joe Biden carrying the state, they’re fighting an uphill battle in both races — particularly given they took fewer votes than Republicans the first time around in each race.Biden won Georgia by about , a very slim margin in a state where nearly 5 million were cast but enough to become the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state since 1992. But now attention turns to the state’s runoffs. In those races, Biden received...WW…