Early voting periods range in length from four days to 45 days before Election Day, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. With the general election now only one day away, some sort of early voting option is underway in all states that allow it. The use of absentee and mail-in ballots have been subject to conspiracy and skepticism after former President Donald Trump said that mail-in ballots lead to voter fraud in 2020. The same survey found that Democrats were more than twice as likely as Republicans to strongly support making early, in-person voting available to voters for at least two weeks prior to Election Day. The share of Republicans who are recorded saying voters should be allowed to vote early or absentee without a documented reason fell drastically in the past few years, according to a 2021 Pew Research survey– down 19% from 2018. Elections Project shows more Democrats have voted early this cycle - 43% compared to 34% of Republicans, though Republican totals have creeped up over the past week while Democrats' have decreased. Of the states that record party registration, the U.S. 'But if you look nationally, and you look at some of the states where there's not these, these hot races are not happening - places like Florida, or California - Democrats actually have a lower mail ballot return rate in those states.' 'What we see in these competitive states are the Democrats are returning their ballots at a greater rate than Republicans,' McDonald said. McDonald noted that Democratic engagement is up in marquee races across the country, but less so in sleepier congressional or state legislative races. 'We'll see high turnout, maybe exceeding 2018 In some states. 'It could be uneven,' McDonald told ABC News.

In other states, like California, McDonald noted that early vote tallies indicate overall turnout may not reach 2018 levels of high participation. In this election, some states like Georgia are seeing early vote numbers surge, suggesting they might break 2018 records. The last midterm election, in 2018, recorded some of the highest turnout in the nation's history. Turnout in 2022 is still on track to be high for a midterm election, according to McDonald, even though midterms traditionally have lower participation compared to presidential cycles despite growing interest in recent years. That has led to the sharp uptick in early vote totals, along with historical evidence that voters tend to cast their ballots closer to Election Day. A number of states have opened up early voting within the past week, according to University of Florida professor Michael McDonald, who heads the U.S.

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