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Who has voted so far

2,763,784 ballots in 7 states

Through Oct 15–19, by voters’ party registration. Nevada: Clark County mail ballots only. Another 2.38M in Oregon, Wisconsin, Texas, Virginia and California, counted without a party comparison.

  • +19%ballots vs the same point of 2022 in the 4 states compared day by day
  • 4 of 6states ahead of their 2022 pace
  • 3 of 6states where the party gap moved toward Democrats since 2022

Last checked Counts change only when a state has posted a new file.

State by state

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The bar is each state’s ballots against the same point of its voting in 2022: right of the center line for more. The party bar splits the ballots in by registration: Democrats, unaffiliated, Republicans. Pick a state for its days, places and voters.

Most comparable: by party, day by day with 2022 and 2024

By party, not charted yet too few days in common with 2022 or 2024

Party, this year only no 2022 or 2024 party count for the same point

Ballots only no party split in the state’s file

Not reporting yet

  • Oklahomain past years, first count about Oct 19
  • Coloradoin past years, first count about Oct 20
  • Louisianain past years, first count about Oct 21

The other 36 states and DC, without counts on this page

Counts published, not read here yet 6 · the state's file is linkedDelaware, Idaho, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota
  • DelawareIn person: Oct 22 to Nov 1 (not Oct 25) · Mail: absentee, if eligibleAbsentee and early votes by county in one file updated during voting; the 2026 file is not posted yet. Copies of the 2024 file survive from its last week. Delaware general election ↗
  • IdahoIn person: in some counties already · Mail: absentee, on requestAn absentee tracker (issued, returned, early votes) updated daily; its party table did not match its totals when read. Idaho absentee tracker ↗
  • MississippiIn person: in-person absentee at the circuit clerk, with an excuse · Mail: with an excuse (65 or older is one)A weekly absentee report by county (requested, sent, received, accepted), posted on Mondays. Mississippi absentee report, Oct 12 ↗
  • North DakotaMail: absentee or county vote by mail, on requestAbsentee ballots sent and returned, statewide and by county, updated during voting. North Dakota absentee and early voting ↗
  • South CarolinaIn person: Oct 19 to Oct 31 (not Sunday Oct 25) · Mail: with an excuse (65 or older is one)In-person early votes by county and site each day; the 2022 and 2024 day-by-day files are kept. The 2026 general's file is not posted yet. S.C. voter participation ↗
  • South DakotaIn person: in-person absentee at the county auditor · Mail: absenteeA weekly absentee table by party, posted on Fridays. South Dakota absentee data ↗
Counts published, not in a form the tracker can read 15 · reading them by hand takes more time than this one-person site has, for nowAlaska, Arizona, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Washington

These states publish their counts, just not in a form automated tools can read. Copying every one by hand, every day, is more than I can do alone right now. If you’d like to help make it possible, you can support the site.

  • AlaskaIn person: the 15 days before the election (AS 15.20.064) · Mail: any voter (AS 15.20.010)The Division of Elections posts its counts on its own site. Alaska statutes 15.20 ↗
  • ArizonaIn person: from Oct 7 · Mail: any voter (A.R.S. 16-541)The Secretary of State and Maricopa County post early ballot counts on their own sites. Pima County's daily early ballot report can be read (no party, this year only) but is one county. Pima County Recorder, ballot processing reports ↗
  • District of ColumbiaMail: not confirmedThe Board of Elections posts ballot reports on its own site. D.C. Board of Elections ↗
  • GeorgiaIn person: Oct 13 to Oct 30 · Mail: any voterThe Secretary of State posts absentee and early voting files daily. Georgia does not register voters by party. Georgia Secretary of State, data hub ↗
  • KansasIn person: from Oct 14 (by Oct 27 in every county) · Mail: any voter (K.S.A. 25-1122)The Secretary of State's advance voting dashboard is new this year. Kansas advance voting data ↗
  • KentuckyIn person: Oct 29 to Oct 31 for anyone (KRS 117.076); earlier with an excuse · Mail: with an excuse (KRS 117.085)The State Board of Elections posts a daily absentee workbook by county and party. Kentucky State Board of Elections ↗
  • MassachusettsMail: not confirmedThe Secretary of the Commonwealth posts election data on its own pages. Secretary of the Commonwealth ↗
  • MichiganIn person: Oct 24 to Nov 1, at least 8 hours a day · Mail: any voterThe Secretary of State's voting dashboard (a Power BI report, updated daily) has requests, returns and early votes by county and jurisdiction. The dashboard offers no file to download. The Secretary of State has said there is no party registration. Michigan voter participation dashboard ↗
  • MinnesotaMail: not confirmedThe Secretary of State posts absentee ballot data on its own site. Minnesota absentee ballot data ↗
  • MontanaIn person: from Oct 4 (in-person absentee, MCA 13-13-205) · Mail: any voter (MCA 13-13-201)The Secretary of State posts its counts on its own site. Montana Code Annotated 13-13-201 and 13-13-205 ↗
  • New YorkIn person: Oct 24 to Nov 1 · Mail: any voter (early mail ballot)The State Board of Elections posts on its own site; New York City alone posts daily early-voting check-ins by borough. NYC early voting check-ins ↗
  • OhioMail: not confirmedThe Secretary of State posted daily absentee reports by county in past elections. Ohio Secretary of State ↗
  • Rhode IslandMail: not confirmedThe Department of State posts voter data on its own sites. Rhode Island Department of State ↗
  • TennesseeIn person: Oct 14 to Oct 29 · Mail: with an excuse (60 or older is one)The Secretary of State posts daily early-voting turnout by county, with its own comparison with 2022. Tennessee election calendar ↗
  • WashingtonMail: all-mail elections (RCW 29A.40.010)Ballot return statistics begin October 20, posted after 5 p.m. each business day. Washington ballot return statistics ↗
Votes early, no count found during voting 13 · turnout comes with the resultsArkansas, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming
  • ArkansasIn person: Oct 19 to Nov 2 · Mail: with an excuseNo early or absentee count found on the Secretary of State's site during voting. absentee voting ↗
  • ConnecticutIn person: Oct 19 to Nov 1 · Mail: any voter (new this year)No count found on the Secretary of the State's early voting, statistics or press pages. Connecticut early voting ↗
  • HawaiiIn person: voter service centers Oct 20 to Nov 3 · Mail: every voter is mailed a ballotNo count found on the Office of Elections' site during voting; results come on election night. voter service centers ↗
  • IllinoisIn person: through Nov 2 · Mail: any voter (applications by Oct 29)No during-voting count found on the State Board of Elections' site, though news reports cite totals the board compiles. Illinois vote by mail ↗
  • IndianaIn person: in-person absentee from Oct 6 · Mail: with a reasonTurnout reports come after the election. Indiana absentee voting ↗
  • MissouriIn person: Oct 20 to Nov 2 (no excuse) · Mail: with an excuseNo count found on the Secretary of State's site during voting. how to vote ↗
  • NebraskaIn person: at the county office, from 30 days before · Mail: any voterNo count found on the Secretary of State's pages during voting. Nebraska early voting ↗
  • New JerseyIn person: Oct 24 to Nov 1 · Mail: any voterThe Division of Elections lists only post-election turnout and registration statistics. early voting ↗
  • New MexicoIn person: from Oct 6 (more sites from Oct 17) · Mail: any voter (requests by Oct 20)No daily turnout posts since 2019. absentee and early voting ↗
  • UtahIn person: up to 14 days before, at least 4 days (20A-3a-601) · Mail: every voter is mailed a ballot (mailed Oct 13)The data hub is a monthly registration snapshot; no ballot count during voting. current election information ↗
  • VermontIn person: at the town clerk, from 45 days before · Mail: every active voter is mailed a ballotNo count file found during voting; turnout reports come after the election. early and absentee voting ↗
  • West VirginiaIn person: Oct 21 to Oct 31 · Mail: with an excuseNo count during voting; absentee data comes in the post-election report. early voting locations ↗
  • WyomingIn person: absentee period from Oct 6 · Mail: absenteeThe Secretary of State's releases give no counts during voting. release of Oct 6, 2026 ↗
No early voting 2 · absentee ballots with an excuse onlyAlabama, New Hampshire

Early ballots and the result, 2022 and 2024

State20222024
Early ballotsResultEarly ballotsResult
North CarolinaD+7.1R+3.2 Sen.R+0.8R+3.2 Pres.
PennsylvaniaD+47.8D+4.9 Sen.D+22.3R+1.7 Pres.
MaineD+25.3D+15.4 HouseD+14.2D+6.9 Pres.
IowaD+17.6R+12.2 Sen.R+1.7R+13.2 Pres.
FloridaR+6.7 †R+16.4 Sen.R+10.1R+13.1 Pres.
MarylandD+41.2D+31.7 Sen.D+32.3D+28.5 Pres.

Early ballots: the registered D–R gap among all ballots in before Election Day († the last count kept, a few days before). Result: the D–R margin in the state’s top federal race (Senate in 2022, the House statewide where there was none; President in 2024). Registration is not a vote, and the result also counts Election Day ballots. Results: Federal Election Commission, Federal Elections 2022; Federal Election Commission, Official 2024 Presidential General Election Results.

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Sources and methods: every state, and what each one’s files allow

Every state and DC is on this page, placed by what its own election office publishes while voting is under way (each office’s pages were read on October 18, 2026). A state is compared by party only when its files let Democrats and Republicans be set beside the same point in 2022 and 2024: it registers voters by party, publishes returns during voting, and its earlier party counts survive day by day, not only as a final total. The marker beside each state (three dots) says how far its comparison goes: filled for party compared day by day, two for party on the same day only, one for ballots alone against an earlier year, none for this year only.

Party, this year only: Louisiana and Oregon. Their files split this year’s ballots by party registration, but no party count survives for the same point of 2022 or 2024, so the split is shown with nothing to compare it with; the number of ballots is set beside an earlier year only on a day that year kept a count for. Ballots only: California, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin do not register voters by party; California’s report has no party split. Their pages show ballots, mail or in person, places, and age and gender where the file has them. No party split is estimated or modeled for any state.

Counts published, but not in a form the tracker can read: Alaska, Arizona, District of Columbia, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Washington. Reading each of them by hand every day takes more time than this one-person site has for now (Maine’s file is the one downloaded by hand); support is what would make more of it possible. Counts that could be read, not read here yet: Delaware, Idaho, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Carolina and South Dakota. Vote early, but no count found during voting: Arkansas, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming. No early voting without an excuse: Alabama and New Hampshire. Each is listed under the board with its office’s page.

Florida and Maryland overwrote their daily counts in 2022 and 2024 and kept only the final ones. Their earlier days come from the copies the Internet Archive happened to save of the states’ own pages, so they are compared only on the days a copy exists; Florida’s 2024 gaps are partly filled from a second copy kept by the MIT Election Data and Science Lab, used only where it matches the archive exactly. Nevada is compared on Clark County’s mail ballots alone: only Clark County’s files can be read while voting is under way, and its past in-person files do not all carry party. Clark County processes its first large batch of mail ballots on a different day each year, so Nevada is compared with a year only once both have logged 5% of that year’s final mail count; the party gap waits too, because the county’s few early returns lean differently from its later ballots.

Each earlier year is read on the same day of its own voting where the state’s law or election office gives the first day of voting for both years, and otherwise at the same number of days before the election; each state’s own fold says which. Where 2022 kept no count for the day and 2024 did, the board compares with 2024 and names it.

A state gets the day-by-day chart once its counts share at least a week of days with 2022 or 2024; until then it shows where it stands, today beside the same day of an earlier year where a count for that day was kept, and says why there is no chart yet. Totals of all votes cast and each year’s result come from the Federal Election Commission’s compilations of the states’ official results: Federal Elections 2022 (the U.S. Senate race, or the House statewide where there was none) and the official 2024 presidential results. Nevada, counted on Clark County’s mail alone, is never set against a statewide figure.

Counts come straight from each state; we publish totals only and never the voter-level records some states release. See the methodology for how the forecast itself works; nothing on this page enters it.