As of today, 820,587 people in Tennessee have already voted early in the first five days of voting, according to the office of the Tennessee Secretary of State.
But it’s still less than the first five days of 2020, when 910,802 people voted, which is a 9.91% drop. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, more people voted absentee in 2020.
This year, 51,665 voters sent in their ballots early, while in 2020, 144,558 voters will do the same. Seventy-eight thousand nine hundred and ten people went to a local election place in 2024, compared to seventy-six thousand two hundred and forty-four people in 2020.
Even so, more people voted early this year than in 2016, when only 609,021 did so in the first five days.
At 31.5%, more people in Dekalb County, which is in the middle of the state, have already voted early than they did in 2020. Shelby County says that the number of early voters has dropped by 37.32% since the same time last year.
People all over Tennessee are choosing whether to support U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn for a second term. State Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, is running against her. 5% of the vote went to Pamela Moses, who is running as an independent.
Blackburn is 23 points ahead of Johnson in a recent poll by The Beacon Center of people who are likely to vote. A 53% approval grade was given to Blackburn. 35% of those who answered didn’t like the job Blackburn was doing.
Donald Trump, who was president before, is ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris by 21 points.
Don’t vote early after October 31.
