2022 General Election Early Voting Statistics

Michael McDonald
Professor, University of Florida
Web: United States Elections Project
Twitter: @ElectProject
Last updated: 11/01/2022 07:44 AM Eastern Time

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Early Voting Analyses

• What’s Going On with the Youth Early Vote?
• Have Georgia’s New Election Laws Suppressed Votes?
• Georgia: Race Composition of Early Vote
• Mail Ballots Returned vs. Return Rates: The subtle difference may reveal an important voting pattern
• Some thoughts on Georgia’s high levels of in-person early voting
• Why to Be Cautious of Mail Ballot Request Statistics
• Analysis of Hurricane Ian Impact on Florida as of Saturday, Oct. 8
• Update as of Monday, Oct. 3

National Statistics

Total Early Votes: 23,919,686 • In-Person Early Votes: 10,129,109 • Mail Ballots Returned: 13,790,577 • Mail Ballots Requested: 56,379,160

Detailed state statistics

AK | AR | AZ | CA | CO | CT | DC | FL | GA | HI | IA | ID | IL | IN | KS | LA | MD | MA | ME | MI | MN | MS | MT | NC | ND | NE | NJ | NM | NV | NY | OH | OK | OR | PA | RI | SC | SD | TN | TX | WA | WI | WV | VA | UT | VT

These states are those where I have data on early voting activity. More states will be added as state reports become available.

National Summary Statistics for Reporting States

Total Voted

Total Voted by Party Registration

Reporting states with party registration data: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, IA, ID, KS, LA, MD, ME, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, SD, UT, WV

Party	Count	Percent
Democrat	5,400,293	44.8
Republican	4,011,893	33.3
None/Minor	2,629,174	21.8
TOTAL	12,041,360	100.0

 

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.

Total Voted by Age

Reporting states with age data: CT, GA, KS, MI, NC, PA

Age	Count	Percent
18-25	200,462	3.9
26-40	446,372	8.7
41-65	2,042,777	39.8
Over 65	2,442,740	47.6
TOTAL	5,132,351	100.0

 

Total Voted by Gender

Reporting states with gender data: GA, KS, LA, MI, NC

Gender	Count	Percent
Female	2,471,050	54.4
Male	2,012,414	44.3
Unknown	60,856	1.3
TOTAL	4,544,320	100.0

 

Total Voted by Race and Hispanic Ethnicity

Reporting states with race and Hispanic ethnicity data: GA, LA, NC, SC

Race	Count	Percent
Non-Hisp White	2,205,995	64.8
Non-Hisp Black	850,124	25.0
Hispanic	47,338	1.4
Non-Hisp Asian American	45,387	1.3
Non-Hisp Native American	9,480	0.3
Other/Multiple/Unknown	248,191	7.3
TOTAL	3,406,515	100.0

 

In-Person Early

In-Person Early by Party Registration

Reporting states with party registration data: AR, CO, FL, KS, MD, NC, NJ, NM, NV, UT

Party	Count	Percent
Democrat	1,002,239	35.2
Republican	1,103,800	38.7
None/Minor	744,945	26.1
TOTAL	2,850,984	100.0

 

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

Returned Mail Ballots by Party Registration

Reporting states with party registration data: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, IA, ID, KS, LA, MD, ME, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, SD, UT, WV

Party	Returned	Freq.	Requested	Return Rate
Democrat	4,289,006	48.0	18,307,619	23.4
Republican	2,793,381	31.3	11,502,360	24.3
None/Minor	1,846,101	20.7	12,544,929	14.7
TOTAL	8,928,488	100.0	42,354,908	21.1

 

Returned Mail Ballots by Age

Reporting states with age data: CT, GA, KS, MI, NC, PA

Age	Returned	Freq.	Requested	Return Rate
18-25	81,678	3.7	273,029	29.9
26-40	163,349	7.4	456,260	35.8
41-65	671,710	30.3	1,338,734	50.2
Over 65	1,301,240	58.7	1,963,942	66.3
TOTAL	2,217,977	100.0	4,031,965	55.0

 

Returned Mail Ballots by Gender

Reporting states with gender data: GA, KS, LA, MI, NC

Gender	Returned	Freq.	Requested	Return Rate
Female	770,873	56.6	1,451,292	53.1
Male	584,232	42.9	1,055,733	55.3
Unknown	7,107	0.5	22,297	31.9
TOTAL	1,362,212	100.0	2,529,322	53.9

 

Returned Mail Ballots by Race and Hispanic Ethnicity

Reporting states with race and Hispanic ethnicity data: GA, LA, NC, SC

Race/Ethnicity	Returned	Freq.	Requested	Return Rate
Non-Hisp White	196,654	63.2	370,539	53.1
Non-Hisp Black	78,384	25.2	137,569	57.0
Hispanic	4,628	1.5	11,636	39.8
Non-Hisp Asian American	7,136	2.3	16,649	42.9
Non-Hisp Native American	749	0.2	1,818	41.2
Other/Multiple/Unknown	23,548	7.6	52,668	44.7
TOTAL	311,099	100.0	590,879	52.7