Wire reporting: (AP, via Star Tribune)

Three days before U.S. Election Day on Tuesday, more than 43 million people had already voted early in person or by mail, according to an Associated Press analysis cited by Al Jazeera¹.

Al Jazeera said RealClearPolling's latest national congressional ballot average put Democrats at 51.4 percent and Republicans at 43.2 percent, an 8.2-point gap¹.

An Economist/YouGov survey released Thursday found 44 percent of registered voters expected Democrats to control the House after the election, compared with 31 percent who expected Republicans to keep it, Al Jazeera reported¹.

Senate expectations were closer in that survey, with 39 percent expecting a Democratic majority and 36 percent a Republican one¹.

Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia Center for Politics told Al Jazeera a large House generic lead suggests the House is likely to change hands, while the Senate remains more uncertain¹.

Al Jazeera said the early-vote total was nearly 10 million higher than at the same point before the 2022 midterms, with large increases in some states that have competitive Senate races¹.

Texas had more than 6.3 million early votes as of Wednesday, compared with 4.2 million at the same point in 2022, and Georgia had more than 2.5 million ballots by Friday morning, Al Jazeera reported¹.

Early voting was also up more than 30 percent from 2022 in Maine, Michigan, North Carolina and Kansas, according to the AP figures Al Jazeera cited¹.

Al Jazeera noted that early turnout does not show which candidates voters chose or what the final results will be¹.

President Donald Trump campaigned in Florida on Friday and, after briefly canceling weekend trips, put Kansas and Iowa rallies back on the schedule for Sunday, Al Jazeera reported^1,2.

Former President Bill Clinton campaigned for Democrats in Mississippi on Friday and urged people to vote, Al Jazeera said^1,2.

Al Jazeera said Trump is expected to appear with Republican Senate candidate Ashley Hinson in Iowa and Sen. Roger Marshall in Kansas, while Democrat Mary Peltola is expected at a rally in Bethel, Alaska. It reported the Alaska Senate race has been complicated by a dispute over two candidates named Dan Sullivan; Trump has accused Democrats of recruiting an independent of that name, the Justice Department has taken legal action, and Peltola has denied involvement¹.