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Early voters who cast ballots in all four recent general elections went from R+9.6 to D+2.9. Voters with no recent record are about 3% of the early count.

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Real data · Oct 26, 2026

Early voters who cast ballots in all four recent general elections went from R+9.6 to D+2.9. Voters with no recent record are about 3% of the early count.

Voted in all four recent general elections: 2026 D+2.9 · 2022 R+9.6 · 73.8% of this year’s early ballots

Registered-party margin among early votersR+20EvenD+20All fourD+2.9Three of fourD+5.5Two of fourD+13.6One of fourD+17.6None of the last fourD+24.9Share of this year’s early ballotsAll four74%Three of four12%Two of four6%One of four5%None of the last four3%
  • 2026 early voters
  • 2022 early voters, same point

Source: Carmena’s Overton; early votes via ColdSpark. Caveat: Groups count how many of the last four general elections each voter cast a ballot in. “None” is not the same as first-time.

Data table
Early voters who cast ballots in all four recent general elections went from R+9.6 to D+2.9. Voters with no recent record are about 3% of the early count.
Voted in previous four generals2026 margin2022 margin2026 share of early ballots2022 share of early ballots2026 early ballots2022 early ballots2026 registered Democrats2026 registered Republicans2026 other2022 registered Democrats2022 registered Republicans2022 other
All fourD+2.9R+9.673.866.01488118894167753634471761136396449097636
Three of fourD+5.5D+3.512.515.625190210001054991615480938986632948
Two of fourD+13.6D+10.85.77.3114679866482632703371462035511695
One of fourD+17.6D+13.24.77.394809831391922493312452032222089
None of the last fourD+24.9D+15.63.43.867835131295612682559232915301272

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