Significantly more registered Democrats have voted in the 2024 presidential election thus far than registered Republicans, according to an analysis of early and absentee voting by TargetSmart, a Democratic Party-linked data company.
A TargetSmart analysis published on Wednesday, 20 days before the November 5 election, concluded that 3,845,372 registered Democrats had voted so far, compared with 2,550,036 Republicans and 634,091 unaffiliated. The data also showed that as of Wednesday, more registered Democrats than Republicans had voted in the crucial battleground states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia and Arizona, though the GOP was ahead in Nevada.
Early voting played a crucial role in the 2020 presidential election due to the coronavirus pandemic, which discouraged many voters from going to the polls in person. Donald Trump, who is continuing to repeat discredited claims that the 2020 contest was rigged against him, has been highly critical of the practice, claiming “anytime you …