AP Spins Early Voting For Dems

Not surprising:

Election Day is already over for more than 3 million Americans, and a surprising number of them are Democrats.

Republicans clearly are gaining ground in turning out early voters compared with their showing two years ago, but figures from the first batch of states that offer clues about 2010 early voting patterns still give Democrats an edge in a number of states and big counties.

"If people thought the Democrats were just going to roll over and play dead in this election, that's not what we're seeing," said Michael McDonald, a George Mason University professor who tracks early voting nationally. "They've got to be feeling a little bit better with the numbers that they're seeing."

Here's a couple little secrets you won't find out when you read the article:

• Democrats always lead in early voting.  Nothing new in this year's numbers
• Just because a Democrat goes to the polls doesn't mean he's going to pull the lever for a Democrat.  Until actual results come in you can't really extrapolate much from these numbers.