Washington (CNN) Early voting ahead of the midterm elections continues to skyrocket.

Based on data provided by Catalist, a data company that works with Democrats and others to compile these counts of early ballots cast before Election Day, either in person or by mail, at least 12 states have already surpassed where their early voting numbers were in 2014. Two states have just outpaced their early voting at this point in the 2016 presidential election: Kansas by almost 25,000 votes and West Virginia by over 1,000 votes. This could signal voter excitement this year, but it also tracks with a general move toward early voting in the US.

First time voters

The percentage of early voters that are first time voters is substantial.

Of the states for which Catalist has provided data to CNN, first-time voters have cast 5% or more of the early vote in 10 states.

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