{
  "name": "chart-ks-early-total",
  "title": "Chart data: Registered Democrats lead by 5.2 points. Republicans led in 2022 and 2024.",
  "description": "The data behind the chart “Registered Democrats lead by 5.2 points. Republicans led in 2022 and 2024.” (post 16), as of 2026-10-26. ColdSpark Kansas tracker, pinned source snapshot; cumulative county mail-return and in-person early-ballot counts. Calculations by Carmena’s Overton. Party is voter registration, not vote choice. The 2026 comparison extract excludes Elk, Greeley and Wabaunsee (102 counties); the original source includes all 105. Earlier statewide totals cover all counties. Margin = (Democratic ballots − Republican ballots) ÷ all early ballots × 100.",
  "updated": "2026-10-26",
  "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: Registered Democrats lead by 5.2 points. Republicans led in 2022 and 2024.” (CSV). Last updated 2026-10-26. https://carmenaresearch.com/data/public/chart-ks-early-total.csv. Licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "csv": "https://carmenaresearch.com/data/public/chart-ks-early-total.csv",
  "page": "https://carmenaresearch.com/data/#chart-ks-early-total",
  "columns": [
    {
      "name": "year",
      "description": "Election"
    },
    {
      "name": "earlyVotes",
      "description": "Early votes, eight days out"
    },
    {
      "name": "dem",
      "description": "Democrats"
    },
    {
      "name": "rep",
      "description": "Republicans"
    },
    {
      "name": "oth",
      "description": "Unaffiliated and other"
    },
    {
      "name": "margin",
      "description": "Margin"
    },
    {
      "name": "date",
      "description": "Date"
    }
  ],
  "caveats": [
    "Party is voter registration, not vote choice. The 2026 comparison extract excludes Elk, Greeley and Wabaunsee (102 counties); the original source includes all 105. Earlier statewide totals cover all counties. Margin = (Democratic ballots − Republican ballots) ÷ all early ballots × 100."
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "year": "2022",
      "earlyVotes": 135670,
      "date": "Oct 31, 2022",
      "dem": 57281,
      "rep": 61937,
      "oth": 16452,
      "margin": -3.4
    },
    {
      "year": "2024",
      "earlyVotes": 301864,
      "date": "Oct 28, 2024",
      "dem": 103852,
      "rep": 148316,
      "oth": 49696,
      "margin": -14.7
    },
    {
      "year": "2026",
      "earlyVotes": 203818,
      "date": "Oct 26, 2026",
      "dem": 89923,
      "rep": 79331,
      "oth": 34564,
      "margin": 5.2
    }
  ]
}