Link: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6169626-early-voting-battleground-states-democrats-republicans/

Early voting is surging in several key battleground states, giving Democrats hope that their strength in midterm polling could translate into a turnout advantage in November.

In North Carolina, more than 1.2 million early ballots have been accepted, a 37 percent increase from the same point leading up to the 2022 midterms, according to an analysis released Friday by Catawba College political scientist Michael Bitzer.

That growth — which includes both in-person and mail-in ballots — has been driven by a 47 percent increase among registered Democrats and a 60 percent increase in participation among unaffiliated voters. Early voting among Republicans is up 2.6 percent.

Similar patterns are emerging elsewhere, with high turnout especially pronounced in historically Republican-leaning states with competitive Senate races this cycle.

In Texas we're at almost 3 million votes! My family is going this afternoon.

We're rooting for you from here in Canada.

My concern is what the end result is going to be. I feel team pedo is going to claim a victory and carry on no matter what the result is in real life.

Wasn’t early voting surging and huge in the 2024 election?

Not sold on anything until late Nov 3.

outpacing 2018 in total ballots cast so far, but not by percentage of registered voters, which I guess means millions more eligible voters have registere here since. But nearly tripling Democratic primary ballots cast since 2024 and more than double 2018 is a good sign.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/2026/texas-midterms-early-voting-turnout/

The second bit is the part this American is white knuckling. I don’t see any situation where there isn’t some sort of electoral fuckery, the result isn’t nearly as important as the reaction to the result at this juncture

Please vote everyone. We simply have to put some checks on Trump's power.

The good thing about midterm is that a new Congress is coming whether team pedo likes it or not. I just hope it's a new Congress that isn't controlled by Republicans.

I'm so excited!! It's beginning to feel like it might really happen!!

Votingtrends had a video showing D's early vote beating R's in Florida so far (1,031,700 to 1,029,900). I'd love to see Nixon win

I voted early. I'm hoping for the best but yeah.

"Unaffiliated voters" means leans heavily Dem btw

Millennials and younger tend to vote blue and dislike the party. What they actually are are born DSA voters and that's why the establishment is fucking terrified that after thirty years they finally realized it.