2014_early_vote

2014 November General Election Early Voting

Last updated: Nov. 4, 2014

Total number of ballots cast in all reporting jurisdictions: 20,536,459

Scroll down for a table of statistics on ballots returned and ballots requested or sent.

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Detailed blogging:

• Early voting analysis for week ending Nov. 1, and election projections

• Early voting analysis for week ending Oct. 25

• Early voting analysis for week ending Oct. 18

• Early voting analysis for the week ending Oct. 11

• Early voting analysis for the week ending Oct. 4

• Early voting analysis for the week ending Sept. 27

Resources

• The National Conference of State Legislature's early voting and absentee ballot dates.

  • The U.S. Election Assistance Commission reports in their 2010 Election Day Survey many useful statistics.

  • For comparison, see the 2010 early vote statistics.

About These Statistics

• • Election officials may not report early voting statistics. I attempt to collect as much of the information about these ballots as possible. However, I do not hound election officials for these statistics because they are busy doing the important work of preparing for the upcoming election. Sometimes data will be available only at the local level. I cannot continuously scan for local data, so I appreciate tips on where to find data.

  • Breakdowns of early voters by party registration, where available, are not votes for a candidate. We do not know who a person registered with a party voted for; these early votes are tabulated on Election Day or after, depending on state law. That said, we might infer that a person registered with a party is likely to support their party's candidates.

  • A county is listed if a state does not report statewide early vote statistics and the county does report early vote statistics.

Early Voting Statistics

Use scroll bar at bottom of sheet to SCROLL RIGHT to see absentee ballot request statistics

Direct link to spreadsheet