Is it my imagination or is that number extremely low?

I predicted to the lib I work with that voter turnout this election would be far lower than last time and he was adamant that it would be high; it should be a lot higher if it’s going to meet the numbers from four years ago, shouldn’t it?

I expected it to be low but I didn’t think it would be this bad; if this number doesn’t spike it’s going to be worse than 2016.

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    That chart compares the number of 2024 early voters to the total number of voters in past years, not early voters in past years. That article includes another chart which shows a comparison with 2020 early voting:

    Early vote totals since 2012

    So Dems are definitely in a worse place than 2020, but maybe they’re not doing worse than in 2016