Early Vote 2026

Updated · Election Day Nov 3, 2026

National summary · 47 of 51 (50 states and DC) reporting

21,092,315 ballots cast before Election Day

Mail ballots returned
12,001,487
In person early
9,090,828
Share of 2022 final early vote
47.4%
Share of 2024 final early vote
25.5%

A sum of what each state reports. States count different things (some only mail ballots), report on different days, and 4 publish no statewide count yet (their status is listed below). The 2022 and 2024 shares compare with each cycle's final pre-election totals, in the 45 and 47 states with both years, so they rise toward Election Day.

What changed since Oct 22

+1,104,923 ballots across 46 states compared. New source data this run: Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia.

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 56.9% 12,001,487
  • In person 43.1% 9,090,828

All reporting states.

Party registration of voters who have voted
  • Democratic 44.8% 3,728,661
  • Republican 30.5% 2,540,108
  • Other / none 24.7% 2,059,296

Registration, not votes. 8,328,065 voters in the 26 reporting states with party registration: AZ, AR, CO, CT, DE, FL, ID, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, NE, NV, NJ, NM, NC, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, WV, WY.

Age
  • 18-25 3.9% 229,129
  • 26-40 9.5% 564,099
  • 41-65 33.6% 1,988,455
  • Over 65 52.9% 3,128,568

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

Gender
  • Women 54.6% 2,880,155
  • Men 45.4% 2,395,367

8 states report gender: CO, GA, ID, KS, LA, MI, NC, WA.

All states

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California2,350,922+02,350,922046.0%29.2%Oct 22State office
Texas2,270,617+40,432110,7672,159,85041.3%25.1%Oct 22UF Lab
Florida1,982,491+299,8361,218,896763,59540.3%21.7%Oct 23State office
Georgia1,467,780+137,32571,0811,396,69958.1%36.4%Oct 23UF Lab
North Carolina1,269,920+168,59854,8881,215,03258.6%28.3%Oct 23State office
Virginia929,874+59,661250,720679,154100.0%40.3%Oct 23UF Lab
Michigan920,773+0920,773060.4%27.7%Oct 22UF Lab
Ohio838,018+0348,877489,14160.2%33.1%Oct 22UF Lab
Arizona743,697+87,517743,697049.3%31.8%Oct 22UF Lab
Colorado726,213+68,432722,2843,92943.1%29.3%Oct 22UF Lab
Pennsylvania724,599+0724,599061.2%40.5%Oct 22State office
Washington616,612+155,053616,612034.8%22.4%Oct 22UF Lab
Illinois601,151+0369,861231,29042.7%25.2%Oct 21UF Lab
Tennessee577,423+00577,42365.4%26.1%Oct 22UF Lab
Massachusetts541,346+0432,427108,91952.1%31.1%Oct 22UF Lab
Wisconsin420,287+0317,077103,21058.4%27.3%Oct 22UF Lab
New Jersey417,489+0417,489057.5%13.3%Oct 22UF Lab
Nevada284,851+14,348178,222106,62941.1%25.9%Oct 22UF Lab
South Carolina280,114+00280,11445.4%17.8%Oct 22UF Lab
Oregon271,544+0271,544025.1%15.8%Oct 22UF Lab
Indiana261,094+0261,094043.1%16.5%Oct 22UF Lab
Maryland242,744+0242,744031.1%15.1%Oct 22UF Lab
Minnesota202,252+0121,38280,87034.5%17.2%Oct 16UF Lab
New Mexico187,880+040,076147,80442.3%28.1%Oct 22UF Lab
Louisiana175,713+056,477119,23647.2%18.1%Oct 22UF Lab
Iowa167,195+051,288115,90749.0%26.7%Oct 22UF Lab
Arkansas164,678+04,307160,37132.4%19.0%Oct 22UF Lab
Montana155,677+18,412155,677050.5%36.1%Oct 23UF Lab
Utah148,309+33,310147,45385628.3%15.7%Oct 23UF Lab
Connecticut140,815+027,839112,976114.4%16.3%Oct 22UF Lab
Maine135,484+0135,484060.9%37.6%Oct 20UF Lab
Nebraska125,954+0108,11617,83853.2%34.6%Oct 22UF Lab
Kansas122,344+024,15598,18933.4%18.7%Oct 22UF Lab
Idaho115,031+070,69544,33656.8%30.5%Oct 22UF Lab
Vermont88,111+088,111049.2%37.5%Oct 22UF Lab
Hawaii79,348+078,84450447.1%23.9%Oct 22UF Lab
Rhode Island54,306+10,01115,18339,12353.6%28.6%Oct 22UF Lab
South Dakota41,057+3,19441,057050.6%29.0%Oct 22UF Lab
District of Columbia31,649+4,05031,649031.8%14.8%Oct 22UF Lab
North Dakota30,891+2,65330,19969229.2%16.5%Oct 22UF Lab
Delaware30,473+030,4730—12.4%Oct 22UF Lab
Mississippi29,647+029,647080.9%14.2%Oct 19UF Lab
Wyoming29,348+029,3480—38.1%Oct 22UF Lab
Kentucky28,379+025,4042,97511.2%3.6%Oct 22UF Lab
Alaska26,328+09,08417,24478.4%29.4%Oct 22UF Lab
Oklahoma24,965+2,09124,965012.3%6.4%Oct 23UF Lab
West Virginia16,922—016,92212.0%5.1%Oct 22UF Lab

No statewide count yet

These 4 states publish no statewide 2026 early or mail ballot count that this site can read, so they are not in the totals above. Each line gives the state's status from its election office. Nothing is estimated.