{
  "id": 17720924,
  "title": "US early voting tops 51.3 million, surpassing 2022 midterm record",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/us-early-voting-tops-51-3-million-surpassing-2022-midterm-record",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T01:19:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Vibes",
    "slug": "the-vibes",
    "url": "https://www.thevibes.com/articles/world/129072/us-early-voting-tops-51.3-million-surpassing-2022-midterm-record"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "More than 51.3 million Americans have cast early votes ahead of the US midterm elections, surpassing the previous record set in 2022, according to data from the University of Florida Election Lab. Democrats made up 43.1% of early votes across 27 states with party-affiliation registration, compared to 31.8% for Republicans. Early voting patterns have shifted since the Covid-19 pandemic, with both parties increasingly using postal voting, but Democrats have shown a growing preference for this method.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}