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.
- under 10%
- 10–25%
- 25–50%
- 50–75%
- 75–100%
- over 100%
- no data / no baseline
Sum of UF Election Lab snapshots on each date (this site's runs plus Wayback Machine archives).
- Mail 71.2% 6,437,350
- In person 28.8% 2,609,335
All reporting states.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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| California | 1,399,377 | — | 1,399,377 | 0 | 27.4% | 17.4% | Oct 18 | State office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 857,054 | +115,690 | 36,990 | 820,357 | 34.0% | 21.3% | Oct 18 | UF Lab |
| Florida | 830,964 | — | 830,964 | 0 | 16.9% | 9.1% | Oct 18 | State office |
| Virginia | 677,870 | +3,398 | 214,573 | 463,297 | 72.9% | 29.4% | Oct 18 | UF Lab |
| Michigan | 630,001 | +0 | 630,001 | 0 | 41.3% | 19.0% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| North Carolina | 501,321 | — | 40,273 | 461,048 | 23.1% | 11.2% | Oct 18 | State office |
| Pennsylvania | 457,061 | — | 457,061 | 0 | 38.6% | 25.6% | Oct 16 | State office |
| Ohio | 452,069 | +0 | 139,760 | 312,309 | 32.5% | 17.9% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| Colorado | 369,089 | +11,131 | 369,089 | 0 | 21.9% | 14.9% | Oct 17 | UF Lab |
| Illinois | 366,540 | +0 | 273,421 | 93,119 | 26.0% | 15.4% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| New Jersey | 349,285 | +0 | 349,285 | 0 | 48.1% | 11.2% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| Arizona | 318,750 | +35,394 | 318,750 | 0 | 21.1% | 13.6% | Oct 18 | UF Lab |
| Tennessee | 264,294 | +87,823 | 0 | 264,294 | 30.0% | 11.9% | Oct 17 | UF Lab |
| Massachusetts | 209,661 | +0 | 209,661 | 0 | 20.2% | 12.0% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| Minnesota | 202,252 | +0 | 121,382 | 80,870 | 34.5% | 17.2% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| Maryland | 196,369 | +287 | 196,369 | 0 | 25.1% | 12.2% | Oct 18 | UF Lab |
| Wisconsin | 161,023 | +0 | 161,023 | 0 | 22.4% | 10.5% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| Indiana | 144,671 | +0 | 144,671 | 0 | 23.9% | 9.2% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| Maine | 101,403 | +0 | 101,403 | 0 | 45.6% | 28.2% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| Nebraska | 77,291 | +0 | 68,013 | 9,278 | 32.7% | 21.2% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| New Mexico | 63,269 | +0 | 17,598 | 45,671 | 14.2% | 9.5% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| Montana | 60,172 | +0 | 60,172 | 0 | 19.5% | 13.9% | Oct 17 | UF Lab |
| Idaho | 56,523 | +0 | 50,763 | 5,760 | 27.9% | 15.0% | Oct 17 | UF Lab |
| Nevada | 47,532 | +1,041 | 47,456 | 76 | 6.9% | 4.3% | Oct 18 | UF Lab |
| Iowa | 33,417 | +0 | 1,418 | 31,999 | 9.8% | 5.3% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| South Dakota | 28,451 | +2 | 28,451 | 0 | 35.1% | 20.1% | Oct 17 | UF Lab |
| Vermont | 22,973 | +0 | 22,973 | 0 | 12.8% | 9.8% | Oct 12 | UF Lab |
| North Dakota | 21,914 | +36 | 21,914 | 0 | 20.7% | 11.7% | Oct 17 | UF Lab |
| Rhode Island | 21,366 | +0 | 6,316 | 15,050 | 21.1% | 11.2% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| Mississippi | 17,591 | +0 | 17,591 | 0 | 48.0% | 8.4% | Oct 12 | UF Lab |
| Connecticut | 17,138 | +0 | 17,138 | 0 | 13.9% | 2.0% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| Oklahoma | 16,963 | +19 | 16,963 | 0 | 8.4% | 4.3% | Oct 18 | UF Lab |
| Kentucky | 15,647 | +0 | 15,647 | 0 | 6.2% | 2.0% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| District of Columbia | 15,472 | +0 | 15,472 | 0 | 15.5% | 7.2% | Oct 15 | UF Lab |
| Wyoming | 14,959 | +0 | 14,959 | 0 | — | 19.4% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| Delaware | 12,043 | +0 | 12,043 | 0 | — | 4.9% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| Kansas | 7,149 | +0 | 942 | 6,207 | 2.0% | 1.1% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
| Oregon | 3,782 | +3,782 | 3,782 | 0 | 0.3% | 0.2% | Oct 18 | UF Lab |
| Utah | 2,857 | +0 | 2,857 | 0 | 0.5% | 0.3% | Oct 17 | UF Lab |
| Hawaii | 829 | +0 | 829 | 0 | 0.5% | 0.2% | Oct 16 | UF Lab |
No data yet
These 11 states have no 2026 early or mail ballot figures in any source this site reads. Nothing is estimated.