Washington: Voters have cast more than 94 million ballots in the U.S. ahead of Election Day, according to the U.S. Elections Project.
That figure represents more than 68% of the total votes counted in 2016, according to the site, which is compiled by University of Florida political science professor Michael McDonald. It includes more than 34 million in-person votes as well as nearly 60 million returned mail-in ballots, according to the project, though some states don’t break out mail-in votes separately from in-person.
Of the states that have party registration — which account for nearly half of the early voters so far — more than 45% of those who have turned out or mailed in their ballots are registered Democrats. Just over 30% are registered Republicans, according to the website, while more than 23% are not affiliated with a party.
Texas and Hawaii have both already exceeded their total voter turnout in 2016, at about 110% of those voting levels. Texas has become a surprising target of Democrats this year, a full cycle before many had projected changing demographics to swing the state in their favor.
Several other states are nearing 100% of their 2016 turnout already, according to the U.S. Elections Project. Florida Georgia, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina and Washington, have all exceeded 90% of total turnout in 2016.
