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Stumping for ron desantis, who is locked in a tight race with andrew gillum. i want to give you a quick look at exactly where we stand right now. as of today, almost 33 million votes have been counted as early or absentee nationwide, according to data and analyzed by nbc news. that blows away the past total number of early ballots cast during the 2014 midterms, which was a little more than 21 million. that is what every american should do, get out there and vote. lets get you to our nbc road war...

Many people vote absentee, were comparing it to a presidential election. >> were comparing it on match or the pace were on in a presidential election for early votes, thats unheard of. >> now, in georgia, candidates are closely tracking folks who didnt vote in the last midterm election. 36% of the state 1.8 early million votes are from new voters or folks who didnt vote in 2014. some states are seeing more republicans, overall nationally in states that require party registration, democrats seem ...

States. and elections officials in states like min machin minnesott almost feels like a presidential elect year. >> in a year like this, we would compare to a mid term that was 4 years ago, because we have so many people voting absentee were comparing it to presidential. >> were on pace to match or exceed the pace in a presidential elect for an early vote. vote. reporter: in georgia candidates are tracking votes who did not vote last midterm, 36% of state early voters from new voters. john. >> w...

Comparing enthusiasm to a presidential election year. >> normally in a year like this year compare it to a midterm which was four years ago but because so many people vote absentee, were comparing it to a presidential election. >> we are on pace to match or even maybe exceed the pace were on in a presidential election for early votes. that is unheard of. reporter: now according to the latest numbers, 28 states and district of columbia have surpassed 2014 early voting numbers. in states like flor...

. we are three days out from the mid-terms and to put into perspective how important the 2018 elections are, lets look at the numbers. so far, nearly 33 million americans have voted early or absentee nationwide. thats up from 27 million in 2014. another poll shows 31% of millennials say they will definitely vote in the mid-terms. about a quarter are still uncertain. another 19% say they probably or definitely will not vote. here to crunch some numbers is michael mcdonald, florida university pr...

>> a blue wave would equal a crime wave. very simple. >> this is saturday november 3rd and president obama is also on the campaign trail. he had this message for voters. beware of the bamboozle. >> dont be charlie brown. dont fall for the okey-doke. >> im going to kick that football clear to the moon! ah! >> well, lets take stock of where we are this morning. voters heading to polls in just three days to cast ballots in a midterm election, and president trump has made a referendum on the first t...

As we are doing away with the exit polling which really didnt help anybody in 2016. >> exactly. it was a wonderful institution for about 50 years but in many respects, it is now outlived its usefulness. in the main reason for that is because of the number of americans who are no longer voting on election day, they are voting early, voting by absentee, by mail. a 40% of americans or more are voting that way. they never exit, they cant be pulled in an exit poll. our friends from other networks hav...

Because you think it is going to bring us more accuracy it. how? >> well, take a states like arizona, bill. close to 100% of the vote is going to be male. colorado, traditionally a battleground. that is 100% male. the exit polling traditionally does sort of a cursory 800 person sample as kind of a fail-safe. they are not really getting you the kind of detailed information about what the majority of the electorate is thinking about doing there. so america is close to voting 50% convenience voting...

From miami. congressman, good morning to you. >> good morning. steve: we cited the statistic earlier. so far in florida 3.5 million have already early voted or absentee voted. you say that the republican early vote is, what, 2 points ahead of the democrats? >> yeah, thats right. normally, democrats would be ahead of us at this point. we usually have a big election day turnout. i think we are succeeding in mobilizing folks. i think the president coming to florida is helping that we feel really go...

Low crime, vote republican. [cheers] this election is truly a choice between results and resistance. who voted? who voted? [cheers] oh, wow. everybody voted already? [cheers] then what the hell am i doing here tonight? goodbye. [laughter] ainsley: he loves these rallies. during the elections he would do six rallies in one day. in the next week, next five days stopping all over the country and doing three rallies in one day. steve: 1.35 people have either voted by absentee ahead. ainsley: so glad...