{"id":505895,"date":"2026-10-23T23:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T23:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/505895\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T23:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T23:40:19","slug":"track-early-voting-in-california-for-the-2026-midterm-election-on-nov-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/505895\/","title":{"rendered":"Track early voting in California for the 2026 midterm election on Nov. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hearst Television\u2019s Get the Facts Data Team is tracking early and mail-in ballots.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792798819_861_d03e0bab-ef7a-443e-8cb6-5c73783c2a82_1639881685.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Daniel Macht\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Early voting is underway in California and many other states for the Nov. 3 midterm election.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The election will decide the balance of power in Congress. In California, voters will also select the next governor and other statewide officeholders. State propositions and local measures are also in play. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Hearst Television\u2019s Get the Facts Data Team is tracking early and mail-in ballots, with data that comes from the University of Florida Election Lab.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">The election lab has tracked early voting data since 2008 and also aggregates turnout and results data. Early voting counts are compiled directly from state and regional sources.  <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">See the graphic below for more information on the early vote in California and across the nation. The graphic also shows the early vote as a share of the 2022 turnout. <\/p>\n<p>In California, Political Data Inc. also tracks the early vote. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\" data-node-id=\"8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tracker.politicaldata.com\/?type=statewide&amp;s=sub_36a5777229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">You can see the data firm\u2019s latest updates here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text\" data-node-id=\"9\">As of Friday, Oct. 23, the overall turnout rate in California was 11%. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">Here are other early voting trends: <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">By party: <\/p>\n<p>Democrats have returned 1,295,501 ballots for a turnout rate of 12%Republicans have returned 743,618 ballots for a turnout rate of 13%Other groups of voters have returned 537,177 ballots for a turnout rate of 8%<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"13\">For age groups:<\/p>\n<p>Voters ages 65 or older had the highest turnout so far at 24%Voters ages 50-64 had a turnout rate of 11%Voters ages 35-39 had a turnout rate of 6%The turnout rate for those 18-34 was lowest at 4%<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"15\">By ethnicity: <\/p>\n<p>White voters had the highest turnout rate so far at 14%Asian voters had a turnout rate of 11% Black voters had a turnout rate of 10% Latino voters had the lowest turnout rate at 7%<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"17\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-news-on-the-go-download\/44039145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Download our app<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KCRA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This content is imported from infogram. 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