(CNN) More than 7.3 million Americans have already voted in the general election, according to a CNN and Edison Research survey of election officials in 36 states reporting voting data. More than 4.3 million of those votes come from 12 of CNN's most competitively ranked states . And Democrats lead Republicans in all six of those states reporting returns by party. This data does not predict the outcome of any race, as polling around the country shows Republicans strongly prefer to vote in-person on Election Day rather than early. Ballot requests in 38 states, whether by mail or through some form of in-person early voting, surpassed 35 million this week.

Source: CNN October 11, 2020 12:22 UTC