Overview
- Early voting is down 45% from the same period in the 2020 election, with only 4.2 million ballots cast so far.
- Requests for mail-in ballots have plummeted by 58% in states that do not automatically send ballots to voters.
- The decline in early voting and mail-ballot requests is notably severe in swing states like Georgia and North Carolina.
- Democrats, who have historically relied on mail-in votes, face potential setbacks as mail-ballot requests fall in key states.
- A recent Gallup survey indicates that 40% of voters plan to vote early, with a higher inclination among Democrats than Republicans.