{
  "name": "chart-early-vs-2022-total",
  "title": "Chart data: Thirteen states have already cast more early ballots than in their entire 2022 early vote",
  "description": "The data behind the chart “Thirteen states have already cast more early ballots than in their entire 2022 early vote” (post 20), as of 2026-10-29. Early ballots (mail and in person) by state via NBC News/TargetSmart: 2026 five days before Election Day (Oct 29), 2022 the final early-vote count. Same source in both years. 2024’s early vote was larger than 2026’s so far in every state shown except New Jersey (110% of 2024).",
  "updated": "2026-10-29",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "licenceUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Carmena’s Overton & Electoral Research",
  "attribution_required": true,
  "citation": "Carmena’s Overton & Electoral Research. “Chart data: Thirteen states have already cast more early ballots than in their entire 2022 early vote” (CSV). Last updated 2026-10-29. https://carmenaresearch.com/data/public/chart-early-vs-2022-total.csv. Licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "csv": "https://carmenaresearch.com/data/public/chart-early-vs-2022-total.csv",
  "page": "https://carmenaresearch.com/data/#chart-early-vs-2022-total",
  "columns": [
    {
      "name": "state",
      "description": "State"
    },
    {
      "name": "group",
      "description": "Group"
    },
    {
      "name": "early2026",
      "description": "Early ballots, 2026 (Oct 29)"
    },
    {
      "name": "early2022",
      "description": "Early ballots, all of 2022"
    },
    {
      "name": "pct",
      "description": "2026 so far, % of all 2022"
    }
  ],
  "caveats": [
    "2024’s early vote was larger than 2026’s so far in every state shown except New Jersey (110% of 2024)."
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "state": "Wyoming",
      "abbr": "WY",
      "group": "Passed their 2022 total",
      "early2026": 45323,
      "early2022": 16020,
      "pct": 282.9
    },
    {
      "state": "Connecticut",
      "abbr": "CT",
      "group": "Passed their 2022 total",
      "early2026": 349685,
      "early2022": 136377,
      "pct": 256.4
    },
    {
      "state": "Louisiana",
      "abbr": "LA",
      "group": "Passed their 2022 total",
      "early2026": 573546,
      "early2022": 353232,
      "pct": 162.4
    },
    {
      "state": "Virginia",
      "abbr": "VA",
      "group": "Passed their 2022 total",
      "early2026": 1330861,
      "early2022": 950056,
      "pct": 140.1
    },
    {
      "state": "Delaware",
      "abbr": "DE",
      "group": "Passed their 2022 total",
      "early2026": 104936,
      "early2022": 76977,
      "pct": 136.3
    },
    {
      "state": "Tennessee",
      "abbr": "TN",
      "group": "Passed their 2022 total",
      "early2026": 1130292,
      "early2022": 882310,
      "pct": 128.1
    },
    {
      "state": "Idaho",
      "abbr": "ID",
      "group": "Passed their 2022 total",
      "early2026": 212331,
      "early2022": 166595,
      "pct": 127.5
    },
    {
      "state": "New Jersey",
      "abbr": "NJ",
      "group": "Passed their 2022 total",
      "early2026": 809390,
      "early2022": 659285,
      "pct": 122.8
    },
    {
      "state": "Maine",
      "abbr": "ME",
      "group": "Passed their 2022 total",
      "early2026": 275619,
      "early2022": 232302,
      "pct": 118.6
    },
    {
      "state": "Massachusetts",
      "abbr": "MA",
      "group": "Passed their 2022 total",
      "early2026": 903279,
      "early2022": 813866,
      "pct": 111
    },
    {
      "state": "Texas",
      "abbr": "TX",
      "group": "Passed their 2022 total",
      "early2026": 6103792,
      "early2022": 5496851,
      "pct": 111
    },
    {
      "state": "Maryland",
      "abbr": "MD",
      "group": "Passed their 2022 total",
      "early2026": 819801,
      "early2022": 783370,
      "pct": 104.7
    },
    {
      "state": "Michigan",
      "abbr": "MI",
      "group": "Passed their 2022 total",
      "early2026": 1704715,
      "early2022": 1695659,
      "pct": 100.5
    },
    {
      "state": "Ohio",
      "abbr": "OH",
      "group": "Within 1%",
      "early2026": 1389945,
      "early2022": 1392767,
      "pct": 99.8
    },
    {
      "state": "North Carolina",
      "abbr": "NC",
      "group": "Within 1%",
      "early2026": 2150024,
      "early2022": 2167503,
      "pct": 99.2
    }
  ]
}