Turnout up 44% in Colorado over 2014 (state's 1st all-mail election). Dems outperforming ’14 by 2-1

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Reid Wilson ‏@PoliticsReid 14m14 minutes ago
Turnout up 44% in Colorado over 2014 (1st time state conducted all-mail election). Dems outperforming ’14 2-1 margin

Democrats take lead in early ballot returns in Colorado, bucking 2014 midterm trend

The first statewide look at mail ballot returns in Colorado shows Democrats with a surprising early edge.

Colorado voters registered as Democrats returned 48,030 ballots in the first week after election officials put them in the mail, compared with 36,790 Republicans and 27,435 unaffiliated.

The state numbers released Monday for Colorado’s first mail-ballot presidential election reflect ballots counted through Sunday in most counties. So far, 113,932 ballots have been received, or about 4 percent of the total number mailed to voters.

The 2016 turnout is 44 percent higher than at this point in the 2014 election, the only previous statewide mail ballot contest. In 2014, voters returned 79,355 ballots at this point, according to figures from the secretary of state’s office.

read more: http://www.denverpost.com/2016/10/24/colorado-early-ballot-returns-democrats-2016/

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1. With all due respect

Voting in a presidential year is always up at least 50% in comparison to a midterm.

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2. the news here is that Democrats hold the edge in early voting this time around

...a glimpse at the progress of their mail-in election.