WASHINGTON- Roughly 9.4 million Americans have already voted in the midterm elections, casting a combination of in-person early votes and mail-in ballots, according to data compiled by the United States Elections Project.

As expected, the states leading total votes so far are Florida, Georgia, and Pennsylvania, all of which have very contested races.

Thus far, 2.6 million people have voted in person while 6.8 million have returned mail-in ballots. Another 41.6 million voters have requested mail-in ballots, according to University of Florida Professor Michael McDonald.

The 17 states reporting data and that share party affiliation show that of the roughly 5.1 million Americans in those states who voted early, 50% are Democrats, 30% are Republicans and 20% are not part of either party or registered with another political affiliation.

In Nebraska, about 96,000 early ballots had been returned as of October 25th, according to data from the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office. Of those, 43% were returned by Republicans and 42% by Democrats. The remainder were from nonpartisans or people registered with another political affiliation.

Professor Michael McDonald said he was slightly surprised thus far by the early voter turnout amongst the Republican party, but is somewhat expected in this election cycle.

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