Democrats are outperforming their turnout levels from 2022 and 2024, although VoteHub notes the remaining ballots in Ohio will likely skew more Republican. Current data shows 49.2% of early voters are college educated, compared to a projected 38.4% for the final electorate. While in-person voting is coming heavily from counties projected for Husted, turnout for voters aged 18 to 29 has remained low in areas like Franklin County.
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Ohio GOP's Rural Early Vote Lead Drops to 5% From 30% in 2024
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Early vote totals in the Ohio U.S. Senate race reached 608,869 as of Oct. 20, representing 14.3% of the projected final turnout. Democrat Sherrod Brown is estimated to hold between 52.5% and 61.3% of those ballots, while Republican Jon Husted is estimated at 36.5% to 45.3%. The gap in turnout in counties that voted for Donald Trump by 20 points or more in 2024 has narrowed to 5 percentage points, down from a 30 point Republican lead in the previous cycle. VoteHub currently rates the race as Lean D.
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