Republicans Eat Into Democrats’ Early Voting Advantage Compared to 4 Years Ago

While Democrats have an advantage in early voting so far, Republicans appear to have embraced casting their ballots early compared with four years ago, according to newly updated data.
Republicans have taken the lead over Democrats in early in-person voting as of Tuesday morning in states that report such data, although Democrats have a clear edge in terms of voting by mail.
With two weeks to go before the Nov. 5 contest, more than 17 million Americans have cast mail-in ballots or voted early in-person so far, including more than 5 million in the seven battleground states, according to data from the University of Florida’s Election Lab….