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: 101,167,740 • In-Person Votes: 35,923,053 • Mail Ballots Returned: 65,244,687 • Mail Ballots Outstanding: 26,858,126

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	22,174,934	44.8
Republicans	15,119,146	30.5
Minor	334,919	0.7
No Party Affiliation	11,871,101	24.0
TOTAL	49,500,100	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	4,256,091	35.5
Republicans	4,991,140	41.6
Minor	102,818	0.9
No Party Affiliation	2,647,683	22.1
TOTAL	11,997,732	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	17,918,843	47.8	25,053,429	71.5
Republicans	10,128,006	27.0	14,917,140	67.9
Minor	232,101	0.6	375,947	61.7
No Party Affiliation	9,223,418	24.6	16,481,395	56.0
TOTAL	37,502,368	100.0	56,827,911	66.0

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	7,134,586	36.9	17,918,843	25,053,429
Republicans	4,789,134	24.8	10,128,006	14,917,140
Minor	143,846	0.7	232,101	375,947
No Party Affiliation	7,257,977	37.6	9,223,418	16,481,395
TOTAL	19,325,543	100.0	37,502,368	56,827,911

Turnout as Percent of 2016 Total Turnout

Nationally, voters have cast 73.4% of the total votes counted in the 2016 general election.

Mail Ballots Requested

Voters have requested a total of 92,102,813 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	25,053,429	44.1
Republicans	14,917,140	26.2
Minor	375,947	0.7
No Party Affiliation	16,481,395	29.0
TOTAL	56,827,911	100.0

Registered Democrats have a 10,136,289 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	2,757,394	60.1
Non-Hispanic Black	1,217,527	26.5
Hispanic	106,013	2.3
Non-Hispanic Asian American	120,335	2.6
Non-Hispanic Native American	11,177	0.2
Other/Multiple/Unknown	373,465	8.1
TOTAL	4,585,911	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	1,300,197	8.4
25 to 34	2,160,846	14.0
35 to 44	2,053,061	13.3
45 to 54	2,126,064	13.7
55 to 64	2,842,035	18.4
65 and up	5,002,507	32.3
TOTAL	15,484,710	100.0

Mail Ballots Requested by Gender

Reporting states with gender data: CO, NC

Gender	Count	Percent
Female	1,784,958	55.1
Male	1,306,105	40.3
Unknown	146,918	4.5
TOTAL	3,237,981	100.0