Almost 1.5 million people have already cast a ballot in the upcoming election, according to the United States Elections Project.
Dr. Michael McDonald, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida and founder of the Elections Project, predicts that over a third of votes will be cast before Nov. 8.
"In 2008, roughly 30 percent of the votes were cast prior to the election. In 2012, it was 32 percent," McDonald said on NPR.
"A couple more states have come online. We have about 13 holdout states that don't offer any form of early voting yet, but just looking at the fact that a few more states have come online and popularity of early voting tends to increase, even if a state doesn't change its law, I would project about 34 percent of the votes will be cast prior to Election Day in 2016."
In both North Carolina and Florida, the GOP is only slightly ahead of Democrats in mail-in ballots requested.
"Democrats have narrowed already the advantage that the Republicans had in 2012," McDonald told Politico.
According to McDonald, Democrats may be gaining strength all along the East Coast, but losing support in Midwestern states that President Barack Obama won in both 2008 and 2012.
"We are in bizarro world," McDonald said. "We've got non-uniform movement here in the country. Dare I say a realignment?"
Trump's been on the attack recently after a flurry of controversies surrounding his comments about women and allegations of sexual assault and harassment. According to McDonald, Trump's strategy may not pay off.
"Trump's better off letting sleeping dogs lie. If you just let them continue what they're doing, he's in good shape [in Iowa and Ohio]," he told Politico.
"By trying to tear down Clinton in the other states, he could inadvertently activate these people. If partisans perceive an attack on their candidate is unfair, that could cause them to rally. If Trump is going to kick the dog, it may end up waking up and biting him."
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