(CNN) More than a third of registered voters -- 74 million Americans -- have already voted with six days left until Election Day, an unprecedented shift driven by the coronavirus pandemic and interest in the presidential race. As of Wednesday afternoon, about 35% of registered voters have already cast ballots ahead of November 3, according to a survey of election officials in all 50 states and Washington, DC, by CNN, Edison Research and Catalist. The top three states with the highest percentage of registered voters who have already cast ballots are Montana, Washington state and Colorado - all have extensive mail-in balloting this year. Montana leads all states with about 56% of registered voters already having cast ballots. Washington follows, where about 53% of registered voters have already cast ballots already returned, and Colorado is just behind at 52%.

Source: The Nation October 28, 2020 22:11 UTC