I’ll have to check on both these. I think early voting starts this week, but I’m not sure. BTW, LdSentinal reports similar good numbers for NC absentees.
Since early voters are more Democratic versus absentees, I did a little digging. It does look like that your historical numbers are for absentees only, making this a true apples-to-apples comparison.
So, yes, it looks like it really is that good of news as it does appear. Keep up the good work.