Early voting concludes with turnout down in the United States

As millions go to cast their ballots on Election Day, early voting results have been largely down from the 2020 election.

While 2020 saw a surge of absentee and early voting due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an expected enhanced turnout for 2024 hasn’t been able to surpass the last election cycle in voting before Election Day, according to voter data.

While this likely isn’t indicative of overall turnout being down, it does indicate the country could be flocking back to Election Day voting. But some states have stepped up their early voting game.

West Virginia, Delaware, Connecticut, Michigan, and South Carolina definitively passed their 2020 election early voting thresholds, but all stayed under 50% total turnout. West Virginia had one of the more stunning totals,

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