The midterms are shaping up to be a barn burner.

Less then a week away from Election Day, early and absentee voting numbers have already crushed the nationwide figures from 2014 – the last midterm elections, according to several reports.

By Wednesday, 24,024,621 early and absentee ballots have been counted across the country in states with early voting, NBC News reported.

That’s almost double the amount counted six days before the elections in 2014 – 12,938,596.

The midterms, in which GOP control of the House and Senate is at stake, has caught the attention of Americans who are turning out in record numbers.

Voters in at least 17 states have already surpassed the overall early and absentee numbers from 2014, University of Florida professor Michael McDonald told the Washington Post.

Democratic voters have been energized to regain control of Congress and turn some statehouses from red to blue, while Republicans are trying to keep a tight grip on their majority – a combination of factors leading to a surge in midterm voting, when turnout is typically lower than during presidential election years.

Turnout of eligible voters nationwide in the 2016 presidential election was 61 percent, but it only reached 37 percent in 2014 – the lowest for a midterm since World War II.

“We can’t know who people are voting for, but we can see who is showing up to vote,” McDonald told the Washington Post. “What we’re seeing is very high levels of engagement on both sides in the competitive elections for governor and Senate.”

In states with marquee races, turnout has doubled or tripled from 2014, NBC News data shows.

In Texas, where Democrat Beto O’Rourke is mounting a strong challenge against Sen. Ted Cruz, 3,978,905 early or absentee ballots were counted by Wednesday – compared to 1,360,966 six days out from the 2014 election.

In Florida, which has competitive races for US Senate and the governor’s office, early and absentee voting increased by more than a million – from 1,971,434 in 2014 to 3,030,173 this year.

The data on party affiliations of early voters nationwide, crunched by NBC, shows Democrats have made some slight gains with Republicans in the past few election cycles.

As of Wednesday, 43 percent of early voters are Republican and 41 percent are Democrats.

At the same point in 2016, 43 percent were Democrats and 40 percent were Republicans.

In 2014, Republicans – with 44 percent – held a significant edge over Democrats – with 40 percent.

McDonald chalked up the surge in participation to voters deciding to file early or with absentee ballots because many states are making it easier to do so.

In Florida, he said Republican mail-in ballots have surpassed Democratic one.

The Democratic Mayor of Tallahassee, Andrew Gillum, is running against GOP Rep. Ron DeSantis in the gubernatorial race, while Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson is being challenged by Rick Scott, the outgoing Republican governor.

“The early vote is slightly favoring the Republicans,” McDonald said. “You see this persistent lead for Gillum and Nelson in the polls, but it looks like it’s going to be a close election.”