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NewsNation charts Democratic early-vote gains from North Carolina to Kansas

Alex Caprariello's comparison shows a more Democratic early electorate than in 2024, while leaving the decisive turnout question open.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 40,292 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (3,300).

Democrats score big in early ballots in battleground states

Florida and Kansas still show Republican early-voting leads in NewsNation's comparison. The change is how much those leads have narrowed, a distinction worth keeping alongside the Short's title, "Democrats score big in early ballots in battleground states."

Correspondent Alex Caprariello uses Decision Desk HQ figures to compare the early electorate with 2024 across five states. North Carolina moves from a slight Republican edge to a Democratic lead. Iowa shifts toward Democrats, while Maine's Democratic margin widens. Kansas registers the largest swing toward Democrats in the comparison, without changing which party remains ahead.

These are early-turnout comparisons, not declared election results. Caprariello points to Republicans' hopes for a large in-person Election Day turnout, citing Kansas Senator Roger Marshall. The anchor closes by emphasizing that the final outcome depends on who actually votes on Election Day.

The segment has drawn about 27,000 views in its opening twelve hours, already well beyond the audience a NewsNation Short usually receives in a full first day. Its comments are also unusually busy, with some viewers questioning the comparison with a presidential election rather than the previous midterms.

For all the blue on Caprariello's graphic, his report leaves Republicans' Election Day turnout as the unresolved part of the picture.

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The facts

Channel: NewsNation
Subscribers: 2,800,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 12,665,705
Channel views, pace per day: 2,298,696 (on a normal day: 1,783,033)
Video published: November 2, 2026
Video views so far: 27,123 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 40,292

The numbers

The early-voting Short has already passed NewsNation's usual full-day views for this format. Its opening comment count is also substantially above the channel's usual first day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

3,300

this video

40,292

subscribers

2,800,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

2,014,894,280

views per day

2,298,696

typical day: 1,783,033

the video

views

27,123

likes

150

comments

days online

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

2,890,000

2,860,000

2,800,000

2,650,000

2,640,000

2,620,000

As of November 3, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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