1. People are voting early in record numbers

In North Carolina, residents broke the record for most ballots cast during early voting for a midterm election, according to WRAL. And turnout was particularly strong among Democrats.

More than 1 million Democrats have already voted, compared with 679,000 Republicans.

In Texas 7.6 million citizens voted early, a record number for a midterm election. And in South Carolina, almost 1 million people voted early, also a record number for a midterm.

Same goes for Georgia, where more than 2.8 million people voted early, a 13% increase over the 2022 midterms, which saw a record number of early voters, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

In Maine, Kansas, Michigan early voter turnout was also up more than 30% over the 2022 midterms, according to the Associated Press.

2. Democrats flexing their early voting strength

Across the United States, far more Democrats voted early than Republicans. Democrats cast 43% of the early votes, while Republicans only cast 31% and citizens with no party affiliation accounted for 25% of the voter turnout, according to the University of Florida’s election lab.

The greater participation among Democrats than Republicans could reflect a “referendum on Trump”, University of Florida political scientist Michael McDonald told Axios.

3. More support for Democrats over Republicans

Fifty-two percent of voters said they would support the Democratic congressional candidate in their district while only 44% of people said they would support the Republican, according to a PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.

“Even for steadfast Republican voters, they look at the state of the economy, for example, and say that they’re not too enthusiastic about voting,” Bernard Fraga, a political science professor at Emory University, told Time. “Reading the trends, it’s clear that Democrats are enthusiastic and mobilized to a much greater degree than even the Republican voters.”