SACRAMENTO — On election eve, early voting was pointing to historic turnout numbers. The picture is becoming clear of who is voting ahead of Election Day and who is not.
Paul Mitchell with Political Data Incorporated crunched the numbers, which show that there is a wide gap between younger and older early voters.
“We’re still getting data in, so we just got another little update,” Mitchell said. “Seniors are up to 58% turnout and young voters are at 18% turnout.”
In California, 31% of registered voters have already cast their ballots as of the day before Election Day.
Michelle Macey cast her ballot in Sacramento County, becoming one of the thousands to take part in early voting here.
“I have to get my vote in,” Macey said. “I’m just nervous because it’s coming down to the wire.”
By county, Sacramento was also at 31%, while San Joaquin and Stanislaus were at 29%.
“We still have an environment where older voters vote early and young voters vote late, and that means that campaigns right now are knocking on doors,” Mitchell said.