Thread by @joesonka

KENTUCKY EARLY VOTING UPDATE

After Saturday's voting, 1,507,983
have voted early in Kentucky. That is 42.3% of registered voters.

574,574 have voted absentee.
933,409 have voted in person.

Of early voters so far in Kentucky, 49.1% are Democrats and 44.7% are Republicans, with GOP continuing to slowly narrow the gap w/ higher in-person.

Absentee voters: 65% Dems, 28% GOP
In-person: 55% GOP, 39% Dems

Current voter turnout is 77% of the 2016 total in Kentucky, with early voting Monday and Election Day voting to come. Total turnout that year was 59.1%.

Highest early turnout among Dems:

Woodford: 59%
Fayette: 55%
Franklin: 52%
Oldham: 54%
Anderson: 57%
Jefferson: 51%

Highest early turnout among GOP:

Anderson: 5%%
Casey: 55%
Clinton: 54%
Woodford: 53%
Lyon: 53%

Dem early turnout: 44.3%
GOP early turnout: 43%

Fayette, Woodford, Ballard and Anderson are the only counties where over 50% of registered voters in each party have voted early.

Fayette County has already reached 92% of its 2016 turnout total.

(Anderson 55)

The number of registered Democrats to vote so far is 75% of the total Dems that voted in 2016.

The number of registered GOP to vote so far is 80% of the total GOP that voted in 2016.

While Dem turnout is higher so far, since 2016 GOP registration went up 230k and Dems down 21k.

The number of Democrats to voter early in Fayette is 98% of the 2016 total and 92% in Oldham.

On the other hand, early GOP voters in 18 counties have already outpaced the entire 2016 GOP turnout.

Kind of interesting detail from GOP suburban strongholds of Oldham County and NKY's Kenton, Campbell & Boone on party early voters compared to 2016 total.

Oldham: Dem 92% GOP 77%
Kenton: Dem 79% GOP 70%
Campbell: Dem 71% GOP 56%
Boone: Dem 71% GOP 62%