Keep an eye on Democrats in these final hours of Election Day. If they don’t show up at the polls, it could be game over for them.

Republicans dominated in getting their early ballots returned before Election Day. They had an eight-point advantage before the polls even opened this morning, according to the last tallies released on Monday.

“That hasn’t happened in a decade,” Republican consultant Chuck Coughlin told me.

Traditionally, Democrats won Election Day turnout while Republicans dominated in early voting.

In 2020 and 2022, that flipped.

Now, Republicans have returned to their old ways.

And Democrats? If they don’t show up today, either to vote in person or drop........

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