Early voting is underway in many states, with numbers coming in from Florida and Iowa and even South Dakota. South Dakota has about 2.7% of it's votes already cast so those dollars going in there need to get to work pretty fast. Dems still need to do better in Florida and are doing better than 2010 in Iowa.
Here's some numbers for ballots requested and returned.
Oct 10
State % requested % returned % of 2010 total ballots
by party by party cast
Florida D 38.9 D 33.3 6.0
R 42.0 R 49.3
I 19.1 I 17.4
Florida 2010 total ballots returned by party D-36.5 R-49.2 O-14.3
Iowa D 44.1 D 46.9 10.5
R 36.1 R 37.1
I 19.6 I 15.9
Iowa 2010 total ballots returned by party D-43.7 R-38 I-18.3
For comparison, here are the numbers from the day before.
Oct 9
State % requested % returned % of 2010 total ballots
by party by party cast
Florida D 38.8 D 32.2 3.7
R 42.1 R 50.2
I 19.1 I 17.7
Florida 2010 total ballots returned by party D-36.5 R-49.2 O-14.3
Iowa D 44.8 D 47.6 9.6
R 35.4 R 36.4
I 19.6 I 15.9
Iowa 2010 total ballots returned by party D-43.7 R-38 I-18.3
We should be getting better numbers from other states starting next week. Still a lot of work to be done if we want to keep the Senate and overturn some of these disgusting state governors and legislatures. GOTV GOTV GOTV!!!
Thanks to electproject.org for their work in gathering these numbers.