Detailed state statistics and analyses for reporting states
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Summary Statistics for Reporting States

Total Voted

Total Early Votes: 94,006,161 • In-Person Votes: 34,045,137 • Mail Ballots Returned: 59,961,024 • Mail Ballots Outstanding: 31,385,941

Note: Some states do not differentiate between mail ballots and in-person votes.

Total Voted

Party registration statistics are provided only for states that have party registration

Total Voted by Party Registration

Reporting states with party registration data: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, SD
Party Count Percent
Democrats 21,004,385 45.5
Republicans 14,019,920 30.4
Minor 301,202 0.7
No Party Affiliation 10,832,518 23.5
TOTAL 46,158,025 100.0
In-Person Votes

In-Person Votes by Party Registration

Reporting states with party registration data: CO, FL, KS, KY, LA, MD, NC, NM, NV, SD
Party Count Percent
Democrats 4,076,297 35.5
Republicans 4,796,654 41.8
Minor 94,850 0.8
No Party Affiliation 2,515,339 21.9
TOTAL 11,483,140 100.0
Returned Mail Ballots

Returned Mail Ballots by Party Registration

Reporting states with party registration data: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, IA, KS, KY, MD, ME, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, SD
Party Returned Ballots Freq. Distribution Requested Ballots Return Rate
Democrats 16,928,088 48.8 25,025,012 67.6
Republicans 9,223,266 26.6 14,869,537 62.0
Minor 206,352 0.6 375,394 55.0
No Party Affiliation 8,317,179 24.0 16,448,166 50.6
TOTAL 34,674,885 100.0 56,718,109 61.1
Outstanding Mail Ballots

Outstanding Mail Ballots (Yet to be Returned) by Party Registration

Reporting states with party registration data: CA, CO, CT, FL, IA, KS, KY, MD, ME, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, SD
Party Outstanding Ballots Freq. Distribution Returned Ballots Requested Ballots
Democrats 8,096,924 36.7 16,928,088 25,025,012
Republicans 5,646,271 25.6 9,223,266 14,869,537
Minor 169,042 0.8 206,352 375,394
No Party Affiliation 8,130,987 36.9 8,317,179 16,448,166
TOTAL 22,043,224 100.0 34,674,885 56,718,109

Turnout as Percent of 2016 Total Turnout

Nationally, voters have cast 68.2% of the total votes counted in the 2016 general election.

Mail Ballots Requested

Voters have requested a total of 91,346,965 ballots in the reporting states.

Mail Ballots Requested by Party Registration

Reporting states with party registration data: CA, CO, FL, IA, MD, ME, NC, NJ, NM, NV, OR, PA, UT

Party Count Percent
Democrats 25,025,012 44.1
Republicans 14,869,537 26.2
Minor 375,394 0.7
No Party Affiliation 16,448,166 29.0
TOTAL 56,718,109 100.0

Registered Democrats have a 10,155,475 ballot request lead over registered Republicans.

Note: Party registration statistics are for states that have party registration. These statistics are not actual votes. By federal law, election officials do not begin counting ballots until Election Day, although they may start the process of preparing ballots for counting in advance.

Mail Ballots Requested by Race and Ethnicity

Reporting states with race or ethnicity data: NC, SC

Race Count Percent
Non-Hispanic White 2,727,690 60.1
Non-Hispanic Black 1,201,168 26.5
Hispanic 104,893 2.3
Non-Hispanic Asian American 119,700 2.6
Non-Hispanic Native American 11,070 0.2
Other/Multiple/Unknown 372,826 8.2
TOTAL 4,537,347 100.0

Note: Race and ethnicity statistics are for states that ask registered voters to provide their race and ethnicity.

Mail Ballots Requested by Age

Reporting states with age data: CO, OH (partial), PA

Age Count Percent
18 to 24 1,280,608 8.4
25 to 34 2,133,756 13.9
35 to 44 2,026,054 13.2
45 to 54 2,093,997 13.7
55 to 64 2,812,863 18.3
65 and up 4,984,935 32.5
TOTAL 15,332,213 100.0

Mail Ballots Requested by Gender

Reporting states with gender data: CO, NC

Gender Count Percent
Female 1,784,914 55.1
Male 1,306,034 40.3
Unknown 146,910 4.5
TOTAL 3,237,858 100.0