This election seems to be shaping up quite different to other recent presidential elections in some states, according to early voting reports:
In Iowa for example, absentee ballot requests are down significantly compared with 2012. On Oct. 28 it was 550K requested, but at the same time in 2012 it was already 600K. A sign of overall lower turnout.
On the other hand in TX, early voting so far is 150% of 2012 - which could be a sign of overall higher turnout (TX already had one of the shi**iest turnout rates anyway, so this would be good).
There could be some real surprises on election day and the map could look not familiar to a traditional US presidential election map ...
Iowa is one of the states, if not
the state that is trending the most Republican in this election. You can say the opposite about Texas. It's probably one of the 5-6 states that has been trending the most Democratic in this election so far. So the fact that you are using these two states as examples, should be extremely bad new for Trump supporters and equally extremely encouraging news for Democrats.
