Early voting in US midterms passes 50 million ballots with three days left before Election Day
Photo: The Guardian USMore than 50.5 million Americans had cast early ballots in the US midterm elections as of Saturday morning, three days before Tuesday's vote, according to a University of Florida analysis. That is nearly 5 million more than the total early votes cast in the 2022 midterms. NewsNation put the figure at more than 51 million and said turnout was outpacing the last midterm, with surges in key battlegrounds.
In states that report party registration, 10.7 million registered Democrats had voted, compared with 7.8 million registered Republicans. Those figures do not show how people actually voted. Republicans are defending a 53-47 Senate majority, and Democrats are targeting traditionally conservative-leaning states including Texas, Alaska and Kansas in hopes of taking control of the chamber. In Texas, more than 7 million people had already voted early. Americans living abroad are also taking part: some in Mexico said they were voting remotely out of concern for the future of democracy at home.
Left-leaning outlets lead with different angles. The Guardian US opens with the record early vote and the partisan breakdown, pairing the Democratic edge with polling that shows unhappiness with President Donald Trump's presidency and unusually close races in usually Republican-leaning states. It also stresses the expanded Senate battleground map. CNN instead focuses on Americans voting from Mexico and their concern about democracy and political division, a human-interest frame that has no turnout numbers in the excerpt. Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and alternative outlets had. The alternative outlet, NewsNation, is closest to the Guardian's turnout focus but reports a slightly higher total of more than 51 million and emphasizes battleground turnout rather than party enthusiasm. In the material provided, it does not discuss the partisan split or the Trump polling.
How the sides differ Left sources emphasize Democratic early-vote edge and a wider Senate map, plus Americans voting from Mexico; alternative sources stress the overall turnout surge; right sources have not covered it.
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The Guardian US leads with record early voting, University of Florida data, the Democratic turnout edge and an expanded Senate map; CNN profiles Americans in Mexico voting remotely out of concern for democracy.
NewsNation focuses on the overall turnout surge, reporting more than 51 million early votes, well above the last midterm, with strong turnout in key battleground states.
Not covering this story. None of the right-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.