Remember how Republicans have tried to suppress the vote?

Forty-six states plus the District of Columbia have started sending mail-in ballots to voters or have begun in-person early voting, with Alabama becoming the first state to send absentee ballots to voters on Sept. 11.

More than 8.4 million voters, including more than 4.5 million Democrats and more than 3.1 million Republicans, have voted early as of Oct. 18, according to data-collection firm TargetSmart.

The higher numbers of Democrats voting early doesn’t necessarily equate to an advantage for Harris, as Democrats are typically more supportive of early voting than Republicans—a gap that’s widened in recent years as Trump claimed widespread fraud in mail-in voting in the wake of his 2020 loss, though he has since reversed course and urged his supporters to vote in any way possible.

One sign that could be a positive indicator for Democrats, however, is the number of newly registered voters since 2022: 49% of the 17.82 million are Democrats, 34% are Republicans and 17% are unaffiliated with either party, CBS reported Wednesday, citing TargetSmart data.

Enthusiasm for voting has also surged among Democrats since Harris’ entrance into the race, ticking up from 55% who said they were more enthusiastic about voting than usual in March to 78% in August, according to Gallup, while enthusiasm among Republicans increased slightly during that time, from 59% to 64%.