According to a just released Pew poll …
Roughly 1 in 5 have voted early.
Among early voters, Romney has the edge 50% to 45%.
Romney is outperforming McCain’s rate in 2008 by 16 percentage points.
Obama is underperforming his 2008 performance by 10 percentage points.
Hmmm.
The narrative in the mainstream media the past couple of weeks is that the Obama machine is building an enormous lead over Romney in early voting.
Well, Gallup just released a poll on early voters that seems to debunk the notion.
Here are the key findings …
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Only 15% of registered voters have already voted
… another 18% said they plan to vote early
… and 2/3s said they’ll vote on election day.
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Early voting in the battleground Midwest (13%) is slightly below the national average (15%)
… the uncontested Obama-West leads the nation with 1/2 voting early.
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More Republicans than Democrats have voted early
…. Independents are most waiting for election day.
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Of those who have voted early, Romney edges Obama 52 to 46.
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