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With just 11 days until the US midterm elections, early voting data is rolling in nationwide.
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data → roll → elections
Democrats need a net gain of four seats to reclaim the majority in each chamber of Congress.
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Democrats → need → Congress
Here is where the numbers stand as of Friday:
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numbers → stand → Friday
Turnout is surging in
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Turnout → surge → ?
of Friday afternoon, more than 23 million Americans had already voted in person or by mail.
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Americans → vote → mail
Among the key battleground states, Michigan and Ohio have each passed 900,000 ballots cast, while Georgia has recorded almost 1.5m early votes, North Carolina more than 1.2m, Florida almost 2.2m and Texas more than 2.8m, according to the University of Florida’s Election Lab , as of 23 October.
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Florida → pass → October
While midterms typically favor the party out of power, turnout this year is being driven in part by widespread public frustration over crucial issues including Donald Trump’s handling of the economy, the cost-of-living crisis and his deeply unpopular war on Iran.
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turnout → favor → Iran
The backlash – reflected in the president’s record-low approval ratings – have left Republicans fighting hard to defend seats in places where Trump won by wide margins just two years ago.
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Trump → reflect → margins
Those early votes are pacing well ahead of 2022Early voting is soaring compared with the last midterms in many of the battleground states, which will decide control of the Senate.
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which → pace → Senate
In Georgia, early votes already represent more than 40% of the total turnout from the 2022 midterms.
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votes → represent → midterms
Michigan and Ohio are recording similarly high paces.
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Michigan → record → paces
Democrats lead in early returnsRegistered Democrats account for 45% of early ballots cast, compared with 30% from Republicans (tracking returned ballots, not candidate selection).
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Democrats → lead → ballots
The party gap is particularly pronounced in North Carolina, Kansas and Iowa – all states that traditionally favor Republicans.
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that → pronounce → Republicans
While Republicans have historically preferred to vote on election day, strategists worry this widened margin signals a “red undertow” – GOP voters staying home due to frustration over high gas prices, the conflict in Iran and sweeping tariffs.
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voters → prefer → Iran
At the same time, Democrats have been energized, with Trump’s growing unpopularity and voter frustration over affordability, which they believe has given them opportunities to flip seats they haven’t won in decades .
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they → energize → decades
Mail-in voting remains resilientMore than 57m mail-in ballots have been requested or sent nationally – greater than the 52m requested in 2022 – according to NBC News, using data from TargetSmart.
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ballots → mail → TargetSmart
The University of Florida’s Election Lab has the figure for mail-in ballots requested at more than 59m.
Despite executive orders from the Trump administration attempting to restrict mail-in voting, which the supreme court struck down in September, voters continue to utilize the process at pre-pandemic rates.
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voters → have → rates
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