2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics

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

Summary Statistics for Reporting States

Total Voted

Total Early Votes: 101,423,318 • In-Person Votes: 35,935,583 • Mail Ballots Returned: 65,487,735 • Mail Ballots Outstanding: 26,611,661

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	22,243,075	44.8
Republicans	15,165,771	30.5
Minor	336,975	0.7
No Party Affiliation	11,909,521	24.0
TOTAL	49,655,342	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	4,258,535	35.5
Republicans	4,993,840	41.6
Minor	102,888	0.9
No Party Affiliation	2,649,932	22.1
TOTAL	12,005,195	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	17,984,540	47.8	25,051,894	71.8
Republicans	10,171,931	27.0	14,916,671	68.2
Minor	234,087	0.6	375,917	62.3
No Party Affiliation	9,259,589	24.6	16,481,236	56.2
TOTAL	37,650,147	100.0	56,825,718	66.3

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	7,067,354	36.9	17,984,540	25,051,894
Republicans	4,744,740	24.7	10,171,931	14,916,671
Minor	141,830	0.7	234,087	375,917
No Party Affiliation	7,221,647	37.7	9,259,589	16,481,236
TOTAL	19,175,571	100.0	37,650,147	56,825,718

Turnout as Percent of 2016 Total Turnout

Nationally, voters have cast 73.6% of the total votes counted in the 2016 general election.

Mail Ballots Requested

Voters have requested a total of 92,099,396 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	25,051,894	44.1
Republicans	14,916,671	26.2
Minor	375,917	0.7
No Party Affiliation	16,481,236	29.0
TOTAL	56,825,718	100.0

Registered Democrats have a 10,135,223 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	2,757,145	60.1
Non-Hispanic Black	1,217,209	26.5
Hispanic	105,993	2.3
Non-Hispanic Asian American	120,275	2.6
Non-Hispanic Native American	11,188	0.2
Other/Multiple/Unknown	373,563	8.1
TOTAL	4,585,373	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	1,299,825	8.4
25 to 34	2,160,243	14.0
35 to 44	2,052,567	13.3
45 to 54	2,125,584	13.7
55 to 64	2,841,320	18.4
65 and up	5,001,070	32.3
TOTAL	15,480,609	100.0

Mail Ballots Requested by Gender

Reporting states with gender data: CO, NC

Gender	Count	Percent
Female	1,784,518	55.1
Male	1,305,931	40.3
Unknown	146,994	4.5
TOTAL	3,237,443	100.0