Last updated: 10/10/2020 01:00 PM Eastern Time

Michael McDonald • Professor, University of Florida
Web: United States Elections Project • Twitter: @ElectProject

Detailed state statistics and analyses for reporting states
AK | AL | AZ | CA | CO | DC | FL | GA | HI | IA | IL | IN | MA | MD | ME | MI | MN | MS | MT | NC | ND | NH | NJ | NV | OH | OK | OR | PA | SC | SD | TX | UT | VA | VT | WA | WI | WV | WY

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

Read my analysis for the week ending:

Summary Statistics for Reporting States

Total Mail Ballots Returned or In-Person Early Votes

Voters have cast a total of 9,055,052 ballots in the reporting states.

Voted Mail Ballots by Party Registration

Reporting states with party registration data: CA, FL, IA, MD, NC, NJ, OK, PA, SD

Party Returned Ballots Freq. Distribution Requested Ballots Return Rate
Democrats 2,057,032 55.7 22,244,718 9.2
Republicans 891,056 24.1 13,002,330 6.9
Minor 26,811 0.7 630,052 4.3
No Party Affiliation 716,057 19.4 14,430,218 5.0
TOTAL 3,690,956 100.0 50,307,318 7.3

Turnout as Percent of 2016 Total Turnout

Nationally, voters have cast 6.5% of the total votes counted in the 2016 general election.

Mail Ballots Requested

Voters have requested a total of 74,619,905 ballots in the reporting states.

Mail Ballots Requested by Party Registration

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

Party Count Percent
Democrats 22,244,718 44.2
Republicans 13,002,330 25.8
Minor 630,052 1.3
No Party Affiliation 14,430,218 28.7
TOTAL 50,307,318 100.0

Registered Democrats have a 9,242,388 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 2,002,518 60.0
Non-Hispanic Black 854,212 25.6
Hispanic 77,782 2.3
Non-Hispanic Asian American 94,836 2.8
Non-Hispanic Native American 8,507 0.3
Other/Multiple/Unknown 300,920 9.0
TOTAL 3,338,775 100.0

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 1,000,994 7.7
25 to 34 1,768,054 13.6
35 to 44 1,686,835 12.9
45 to 54 1,710,307 13.1
55 to 64 2,369,095 18.2
65 and up 4,510,828 34.6
TOTAL 13,046,113 100.0

Mail Ballots Requested by Gender

Reporting states with gender data: CO, NC

Gender Count Percent
Female 1,590,308 55.4
Male 1,163,823 40.6
Unknown 114,418 4.0
TOTAL 2,868,549 100.0