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Late Night BBN: Early Voting Hits Record Pace

Democrats made up 43.2 percent of early ballots in states that report party registration, against 31.7 percent for Republicans, who traditionally vote on Election Day.

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Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance on this story, from Late Night BBN at 10:29 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are The Guardian's, the jokes are ours.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMore than fifty million Americans have already voted early in the midterms, and that's with three days to go.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIn twenty twenty-two the total before Election Day was forty-five point nine million. This year they passed it by Saturday midday.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn states that report party registration, Democrats cast forty-three point two percent of early ballots. Republicans cast thirty-one point seven.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRepublicans traditionally vote in person on Election Day, so that's one party voting in October and the other waiting for Tuesday like it's a doorbuster sale.

  5. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPennsylvania is the widest gap in the notes. Sixty-five percent Democrat, twenty-five percent Republican.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMichigan went the other way. Thirty percent of registered Republicans voted early, against twenty-three percent of Democrats. Different state, different line, different hour.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe early score is a record of attendance, not a result. Nobody has counted the people still putting on shoes.

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