RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) – More than three million people have already voted with Election Day exactly one week away.

As of Monday, 3.1 million votes had been cast in early voting and mail-in voting. This shows a voter turnout rate of just under 40%.

Compared to four years ago, the number of early votes this year is 312,000, ahead of this day in 2020. At the same time, mail-in voting remains below the numbers from four years ago , when we were in the middle of a pandemic.

Republicans continue to outpace Democrats and unaffiliated voters who go to the polls early. So far, 1.059 million Republicans have voted, compared to 1.024 Democrats and 1 million unaffiliated voters.

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