Maryland broke a record for the number of people who voted early in a general election.
This comes as thousands of people continue to pour into polling places across the state. One political science professor said he thinks he has an idea as to why.
At about noon on Monday, the state board of elections says they broke the record when 430,574 voted early.
"Hillary Clinton is not the force that's driving this right now. It's about the unknown," Tony Campbell, a political science professor at Towson University, said.
He calls it a gut feeling.
"I think the centerpiece of that is the outsider, kind of. Either the folks that are showing up are there to support Trump or they're there because they're afraid of Trump," Campbell said.
The record-breaking thousands of voters casting their ballot early.
People have waiting in line for up to an hour trying to turn in their vote.
"I don't understand people who've lived 50,60 years and have never voted that is a sin and a shame if they know their past," one voter said.
Comparing the early voting numbers from 2016 to 2012, about 80,000 more people have voted so far.
The state says the numbers are tough to compare to the last election because of Hurricane Sandy cancelling some days, but still the number is overwhelming.
Part of that large number is 103-year-old Mary C. Rawlings who says she's voted in every election she could.
"Well I've been coming back every time it's voting time and I didn't want to miss this one," Rawlings said.
Campbell says it seems like no one else wants to either -- and he expects that number to continue to grow because of the presidential candidates.
"Until then, it's a guessing game. We're all waiting to see what happens on election night," he said.
According to the state board of elections, more than 475,000 people voted as of 4 p.m. on Tuesday,
