Republicans have taken a surprising lead in early voting in New Jersey.
Elon Musk’s America PAC shared the reported in-person early voting figures from the deep-blue state.
Republicans led by a tally of 144,644 to 139,999
“Republican early votes now exceed Democrat votes in New Jersey, normally a Democrat-leaning state!” Elon Musk responded.
BREAKING: Republicans Take Lead in New Jersey In-Person Early Voting:
GOP: 144,644
DEM: 139,999
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Although Republicans jumped to the lead in early voting, Democrats have the edge in mail-in ballots by a wide margin.
Not sure if you heard the news but the Republicans are ahead in Early voting for New Jersey
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New Jersey Globe reports:
In the highly competitive 7th district congressional race between Republican incumbent Tom Kean, Jr. (R-Westfield) and Democrat Sue Altman, 116,898 votes have already been cast, a turnout of over 18% one week before Election Day.
In NJ-7, Republicans are outpacing Democrats in early voting by 7,385 votes, 46%-30%, but Democrats have a 19,274-vote edge in returned mail-in ballots, 53%-26%. In total advance votes cast, 11,889 more Democrats than Republicans (44%-34%) have voted.
County clerks in the 7th have mailed 56,536 VBMs to Democrats, 27,536 to Republicans, and 30,971 to unaffiliated voters. Democrats have 19,210 outstanding vote-by-mail ballots, while 10,484 Republicans and 16,627 unaffiliateds have not yet returned their ballots or had them marked as received by election officials.
Statewide, Republicans are outpacing Democrats in early voting, 144,644 (37.9%) to 139,999 (36.7%). But on vote-by-mail ballots, Democrats are ahead by a margin of almost 3-1, 383,062 (60%) to 130,362 (20%).
Nearly six in ten vote-by-mail ballots (57.7%) across the state have already been marked as received; Democrats have a 64% return rate, while 61% of Republicans and 42.5% of have returned them.
The report follows CNN stating Republicans led in early voting in multiple battleground states.
Republicans Outpacing Democrats In Early Voting In Three Battleground States
CNN analyzed early voting by party registration in Arizona, North Carolina, Nevada, and Pennsylvania.
Registered Republicans have outperformed Democrats in early voting in three of those states.
In Arizona, Republicans outpace Democrats 43 to 35 percent.
Republicans have a 34 to 33 percent lead in North Carolina.
Meanwhile, Republicans have a 39 to 35 percent lead in Nevada.
Democrats lead in Pennsylvania by a 59 to 30 percent tally.
MAJOR UPDATE: Republicans lead early voting in Arizona, Nevada, and North Carolina.
In 2020, Democrats Outperformed Republicans in Early voting in all three states
In Pennsylvania, Republicans have improved by 10% compared to in 2020
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