Gender Gap In Pre-Election Voting Narrows In Key States

New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation U.S. presidential primary election is held at the Medallion Opera House in Gorham

In the seven states most likely to decide the presidency, there is a clear gender gap in pre-election voting so far, but it’s slightly narrower than it was at this point four years ago.

In these states, women have cast 55% of votes so far, while men have cast 45%, according to data from Catalist, a company that provides data, analytics, and other services to Democrats, academics, and nonprofit advocacy groups, including insights into who is voting before November.

Women have cast 55% of votes in key states.

Gender gap in pre-election voting is narrower than in 2016.

Men have cast 45% of votes in these states.

The 10-percentage point gap equates to nearly 1.4 million ballots cast. However, this gap was 11 percentage points at this point four years ago, and because fewer people are voting ahead of election day than they were during this point four years ago, the raw vote gap is more than 400,000 votes narrower than it was four years ago at this time.