Early Vote 2026

Updated · Election Day Nov 3, 2026

National summary · 40 of 51 (50 states and DC) reporting

9,046,392 ballots cast before Election Day

Mail ballots returned
6,437,350
In person early
2,609,335
Share of 2022 final early vote
25.4%
Share of 2024 final early vote
13.5%

A sum of what each state reports. States count different things (some only mail ballots), report on different days, and 11 report nothing yet. The 2022 and 2024 shares compare with each cycle's final pre-election totals, in the 38 and 40 states with both years, so they rise toward Election Day.

What changed since Oct 17

+258,603 ballots across 36 states compared. New source data this run: California.

2026 ballots so far as a share of each state's final early vote in

Tap a state for its page. 2022 was the last midterm and is the fairer comparison; 2024 was a presidential year.

National total by date

Sum of UF Election Lab snapshots on each date (this site's runs plus Wayback Machine archives).

Ballots cast, top 15 states
Mail vs. in person
  • Mail 71.2% 6,437,350
  • In person 28.8% 2,609,335

All reporting states.

Party registration of voters who have voted
  • Democratic 49.4% 1,747,024
  • Republican 28.0% 989,380
  • Other / none 22.6% 800,465

Registration, not votes. 3,536,869 voters in the 23 reporting states with party registration: AZ, CO, CT, DE, FL, ID, IA, KS, KY, ME, MD, NE, NV, NJ, NM, NC, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, WY.

Age
  • 18-25 3.3% 99,298
  • 26-40 8.8% 265,476
  • 41-65 32.5% 981,874
  • Over 65 55.4% 1,671,172

14 states report age: CO, CT, DE, GA, ID, IA, KS, MI, NV, NC, OK, PA, RI, VT.

Gender
  • Women 54.3% 1,281,724
  • Men 45.7% 1,078,376

6 states report gender: CO, GA, ID, KS, MI, NC.

All states

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California1,399,377—1,399,377027.4%17.4%Oct 18State office
Georgia857,054+115,69036,990820,35734.0%21.3%Oct 18UF Lab
Florida830,964—830,964016.9%9.1%Oct 18State office
Virginia677,870+3,398214,573463,29772.9%29.4%Oct 18UF Lab
Michigan630,001+0630,001041.3%19.0%Oct 16UF Lab
North Carolina501,321—40,273461,04823.1%11.2%Oct 18State office
Pennsylvania457,061—457,061038.6%25.6%Oct 16State office
Ohio452,069+0139,760312,30932.5%17.9%Oct 16UF Lab
Colorado369,089+11,131369,089021.9%14.9%Oct 17UF Lab
Illinois366,540+0273,42193,11926.0%15.4%Oct 16UF Lab
New Jersey349,285+0349,285048.1%11.2%Oct 16UF Lab
Arizona318,750+35,394318,750021.1%13.6%Oct 18UF Lab
Tennessee264,294+87,8230264,29430.0%11.9%Oct 17UF Lab
Massachusetts209,661+0209,661020.2%12.0%Oct 16UF Lab
Minnesota202,252+0121,38280,87034.5%17.2%Oct 16UF Lab
Maryland196,369+287196,369025.1%12.2%Oct 18UF Lab
Wisconsin161,023+0161,023022.4%10.5%Oct 16UF Lab
Indiana144,671+0144,671023.9%9.2%Oct 16UF Lab
Maine101,403+0101,403045.6%28.2%Oct 16UF Lab
Nebraska77,291+068,0139,27832.7%21.2%Oct 16UF Lab
New Mexico63,269+017,59845,67114.2%9.5%Oct 16UF Lab
Montana60,172+060,172019.5%13.9%Oct 17UF Lab
Idaho56,523+050,7635,76027.9%15.0%Oct 17UF Lab
Nevada47,532+1,04147,456766.9%4.3%Oct 18UF Lab
Iowa33,417+01,41831,9999.8%5.3%Oct 16UF Lab
South Dakota28,451+228,451035.1%20.1%Oct 17UF Lab
Vermont22,973+022,973012.8%9.8%Oct 12UF Lab
North Dakota21,914+3621,914020.7%11.7%Oct 17UF Lab
Rhode Island21,366+06,31615,05021.1%11.2%Oct 16UF Lab
Mississippi17,591+017,591048.0%8.4%Oct 12UF Lab
Connecticut17,138+017,138013.9%2.0%Oct 16UF Lab
Oklahoma16,963+1916,96308.4%4.3%Oct 18UF Lab
Kentucky15,647+015,64706.2%2.0%Oct 16UF Lab
District of Columbia15,472+015,472015.5%7.2%Oct 15UF Lab
Wyoming14,959+014,9590—19.4%Oct 16UF Lab
Delaware12,043+012,0430—4.9%Oct 16UF Lab
Kansas7,149+09426,2072.0%1.1%Oct 16UF Lab
Oregon3,782+3,7823,78200.3%0.2%Oct 18UF Lab
Utah2,857+02,85700.5%0.3%Oct 17UF Lab
Hawaii829+082900.5%0.2%Oct 16UF Lab

No data yet

These 11 states have no 2026 early or mail ballot figures in any source this site reads. Nothing is estimated.