Trump, Harris Enter Final Week of Campaign: Here’s the Swing-State Vote Breakdown

Registered Republican voters are going to the polls earlier and returning more mail-in ballots in 2024 than in 2020.

(Left) The Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, speaks during a town hall event in Lancaster, Pa., on Oct. 20, 2024; (Right) The Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks at a campaign event in Jonesboro, Ga., on Oct. 20, 2024. Win McNamee, Megan Varner/Getty Images

With Election Day just more than a week away and a flurry of presidential campaign stops scheduled, nearly 44 million people have voted early in person or via mail-in ballots so far.

Ahead of the Nov. 5 contest, the trend of registered Republican voters going to the polls earlier and returning more mail-in ballots appears to be continuing, and this has eaten into Democrats’ early-voting totals, data show.