Early voting has surpassed 2018 levels

Total number of early votes in the 2022 and the 2018 midterm elections, as of Nov. 8, 2022, 12:20 p.m. Eastern

Excludes states that conduct all elections by mail and states that have no competitive races, according to the final FiveThirtyEight Deluxe forecast. Early voting data for Pennsylvania and New York in 2018 is unavailable.
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Source: sourcE: u.s. elections project