142,510 Americans who have never voted before have already cast a ballot in the 2020 general election. At this point in the 2016 cycle only 38,394 first time voters had cast a ballot.

Among these first time voters, Dems have a modeled partisan ID advantage of 6.4%. At this same point in the & #39;16 cycle Republicans had an advantage of 1.3% among these new voters.

This surge in first time voter turnout among the early votes cast thus far is being driven by big increases from black, asian, and latino voters.

Perhaps not surprisingly, the surge in first time voters casting an early ballot this year is also being fueled by younger voters with an increasing vote share relative to the same point in time in 2016.