The number of Floridians who have cast their ballots already has surpassed four million, according to the UF Election Lab's tracker, which was last updated Thursday afternoon.
That is a 53.4% early voter turnout ratio compared to the 2022 midterm election. During the entire 2022 election, 4.9 million Floridians cast ballots during the early voting period, with the majority through mail-in ballots.
Registered Republicans have cast over 2.1 million early votes compared to registered Democrats' 1.8 million.
The 2026 midterm election turnout numbers, which don't account for the last several days of early voting, include just under 2.5 million who cast their ballots in person, along with over 1.7 million mail-in ballots returned, just about half the number requested.
Just over 1.68 million Republicans voted so far, compared to the 1.6 million Democrats, which is about a two-percentage-point gap between party turnout.
The gap is larger between in-person vs. mail-in voting. Over 44% of Republicans voted in person compared to 35% of Democrats.
Those statistics are a little different on the national level. Over 2.5 million more Democrats than Republicans have voted as of Thursday afternoon, which is about a 13-percentage-point difference.
The lab also tracked early voting by county. Miami-Dade County accounted for a large portion of early votes cast, with over 229,000 residents casting ballots. The demographics rounded out to about 6,000 more Republicans than Democrats who voted early.
Florida also has the second highest number of mail-in ballots returned. Over 1.7 million mailed ballots have been accepted in Florida as of Thursday, according to the Election Lab's data.
Nationally, over 43 million people have voted so far, with the majority voting in person. Of the 60 million mail-in ballots request, about a third of them have been returned by voters across the country.
About 46% of those who cast ballots already in states that track age when voting are over the age of 65.
