The lines of Shelby County voters waiting to cast their ballot early consisted of more blacks and women than whites and men during early voting, according to statistics from the Shelby County Election Commission.
A total of 36.3 percent of early voters were black, 28.3 percent were white and 35.4 percent were classified as other.
Early voting from registered black voters is down by 18.4 percent from the 2008 presidential election when 103,420 ballots were cast during early voting by black voters.
Women outvoted men with 61.1 percent of early voters being female and 38.8 percent male.
A total of 232,691 Shelby County voters out of Shelby County's 598,983 total registered voters participated in early voting.
In a precinct-by-precinct analysis, The Commercial Appeal reported early voting turnout patterns show 57.3 percent of voters are Democratic-leaning compared to 41 percent who are Republican.
