News ‘Staggering numbers’: Early voting is breaking records in 2020, fueled by a big mail-ballot lead for Democrats October 6, 2020Joey Garrison, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘Staggering numbers’: Early voting is breaking records in 2020, fueled by a big mail-ballot lead for Democrats More than 4 million people have already voted early in the presidential election. Democrats have taken a commanding lead in returning mail ballots.