Early voting numbers are ‘scaring’ for Harris, Democrats are ‘panicking’, former Obama campaign manager warns

Obama’s 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina said on MSNBC Sunday that the early voting numbers are “scary” for the Harris campaign, the data shows. Republicans have made significant gains with early voting in battleground states compared to 2020.

“The early voting numbers are a little scary,” Messina said on “Inside with Jen Psaki” when asked what worries the Harris campaign most in the days leading up to the election.

“The Republicans didn’t do what they did last time,” Messina added. “Last time, Trump said you couldn’t do early voting, and they didn’t do it. Republicans do have an advantage in the number of early votes. When the early votes come in, it’s going to look a little different than it did in 2020, and that’s scary.”

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But Messina said Democrats were pleased with the early turnout of two key voting blocs – women and young voters, demographics the Harris campaign is counting on.

“Women voters make up 55% of early voters, and over the last 10 days, young voters in these battleground states are turning out in what are historic numbers for early voting,” he said.

Still, Messina added, the early voting results caused many “my friends to call me in a panic” when comparing the data to 2020.

While Democrats have traditionally favored early voting, both parties have pushed voters to vote early in this election, and the emphasis on early voting has had a seismic effect.

New data released in Nevada, a key swing state, shows historic early voting numbers for Republicans leading Democrats by about 5% in early voting that ended in person Friday. Early voting ended in the state with 393,811 votes cast for Republicans, 344,539 for Democrats and 287,762 for other parties, according to data Secretary of State website.

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Approximately 49,000 Republicans had a voting advantage over Democrats at the end of the week is a stark contrast to 2020, when Democrats ended early voting with a 43,000-vote lead.

Some political pundits and politicians outside the GOP have also sounded the alarm to Democrats in Nevada over the surge in GOP early votes.

“Republicans are going to kick our ass with early voting,” Nevada Democratic congressman Dina Titus said during Harris’ rally in North Las Vegas. “We can’t let this happen.”

IN Georgia Republican They seem confident that a record number of early votes in the state will favor Trump. The former commander in chief lost Georgia by less than 1% in 2020, and Republicans spent enormous time and resources trying to win it back.

During the early voting period from October 15 to November 1, nearly 4 million Georgians voted in person or absentee, representing more than half of the country’s active voters. According to the data, more than 700 thousand people who voted already in 2024 did not vote at all in 2020. Georgia Votes. Meanwhile, the top three in voter turnout are: countryside Trump won in 2020.

Trump campaign source told the New York Post On Sunday, in four swing states — Arizona, North Carolina, Nevada and Pennsylvania — “Democrats have more than 1.4 million voters who voted before Election Day in 2020 or 2022 but have not yet voted, and many have not even requested a ballot.” by mail,” the outlet reported.

The Post cited early voting data in Arizona, reporting that return mail and early party registration have Republicans currently up 8 points. According to the publication, compared to 2020 figures, Republicans are now ahead by 9 points.

Similarly, in Nevada, the Post shows Republicans are ahead by one point in mail returns and party early voting registrations. Compared to 2020, Republicans are ahead by 9 points, the publication reports.

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“This appears to be the first time Republicans have secured early voting in North Carolina,” the Post writes.

While Democrats are leading in early voting in Pennsylvania, Republicans are reported to be in a significantly better position than in 2020, according to the Post.

Fox News’ Andrew Mark Miller and Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.