Across battlegrounds, there is a 10-point gender gap in early voting so far, according to a POLITICO analysis.

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    A couple of keys:

    “In some states women are actually exceeding their vote share from 2020, which is at this point shocking to me,” said Tom Bonier, a Democratic strategist and CEO of the data firm TargetSmart. “I never would have bet on that.”

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    It’s also not clear that the increased turnout among women is uniformly beneficial for Democrats, given the significant numbers of Republican women who are showing up to early vote as well.

    “We are seeing an increase in Republicans of all types, gender — men and women — voting. It’s just that women are still ahead and keeping pace,” said Michael McDonald, a professor at the University of Florida who tracks early voting data as part of his United States Election Project.

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      Anyone who is shocked that more women are coming out to vote this election compared to previous ones has not been paying attention.