Early Voting Surges Ahead of Nov. 3 Midterms, Especially in Competitive Senate States
Photo: APEarly voting is significantly outpacing the last midterm election, with millions more Americans casting ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms, according to an Associated Press analysis of voting data conducted five days before Election Day. The increases are particularly sharp in states hosting competitive Senate races.
Democratic voters are also changing how they vote, according to HuffPost. Mail voting among Democrats is down and early in-person voting is up, a shift from other elections since the coronavirus pandemic. Democrats are turning out early in person at record levels for a midterm, matching or surpassing Republicans in key states. In Florida, strong Democratic early in-person turnout has pushed into the picture. Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg, who tracks the early vote, said new voting habits are emerging. The article attributes the change in part to President Donald Trump's threats against voting by mail. It notes that most states still have multiple days of early voting left, that voters do not always back their party's candidate, and that an Election Day surge can offset early advantages.
Newsmax, on the right, leads with the scale of the turnout under the headline "Early Voting Explodes Before Midterm Elections." Its excerpt says early voting is outpacing the last midterm, with millions more ballots cast and sharp increases in competitive Senate states. The portion available mentions no party breakdown, no mail-versus-in-person shift and no comment on Trump. HuffPost, on the left, frames the story around Democrats, quotes Rosenberg, and links the shift to Trump's attacks on mail voting, which it says he lied about. Both sides report heavy early turnout. They differ on emphasis: Newsmax on overall volume and Senate battlegrounds, HuffPost on partisan voting methods and its causes. The AP piece, in the alternative group, uses the same wording as Newsmax's excerpt, focusing on volume and Senate battlegrounds.
How the sides differ Right sources stress the overall size of the early-vote surge; left sources focus on Democrats shifting from mail to in-person voting; alternative sources match the right's framing.
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HuffPost leads with Democrats shifting from mail to early in-person voting, quoting strategist Simon Rosenberg and tying the change to Trump's attacks on mail voting, while noting early votes don't necessarily predict results.
AP reports an analysis of voting data showing early voting well above the last midterm, with millions more ballots and sharp increases in competitive Senate states.
Newsmax stresses the scale of turnout with the headline "Early Voting Explodes," noting millions more early ballots than the last midterm and big jumps in Senate battleground states.