Poor weather has the potential to affect turnout, though estimates on the number of early voters are now up to 38 million people, up from 27 million in the 2014 midterm elections. Thirty states plus the District of Columbia exceeded the 2014 numbers. "It’s raining here and lots of places. So what? You won’t melt unless you’re the Wicked Witch of the West," Larry Sabato, director of UVA’s Center for Politics wrote on Twitter just after 9 a.m. "Go Vote!!"