Tennessee has crushed the state’s presidential primary early voting record set eight years ago, with Republican primary voters this year far outpacing Democratic voters by a 2-to-1 margin.
It has state election officials bracing for a massive election day turnout on Super Tuesday next week — one that could approach numbers typically seen during November presidential general elections.
Early voting this year saw 385,653 Tennesseans cast ballots, a 17.1 percent increase over the 2008 primaries in Tennessee — the most recent open primary for both parties — in which 329,154 people voted early or absentee.
