"There are a wide range of factors that could impact turnout this year including recent expansions in early voting access and a heated political climate. "We can say it is kind of a high-water mark in terms of issues that bring people to the polls right now," said Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science at the University of Mary Washington.

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