WORCESTER, Mass. - There's been a steady flow of voters across the state heading to their polling location Tuesday to vote in the Massachusetts midterm election. 

In Worcester, voters said its exciting to be a part of the democratic process. People said they are voting for the candidate they want to represent them and they are taking the issues important to them to the polls, to make change. 

"Education is on the forefront, in terms of everything I do," Worcester resident Kamaro Abubakar said. "As an educator myself, it's critical that we fund our community, especially our schools. So, that's what I came in with today and I'm excited that I was able to accomplish that."​

Scott Galbraith, of Worcester, voted for the very first time Tuesday. He said he did his homework and was prepared for the big day.

"I was definitely reading up on all of it and came into with my decisions already made so I didn't have to make any last minute decision," Galbraith said. 

More than 15,000 people in the city already voted either through early voting or with a mail-in ballot. Worcester city clerk Niko Vangjeli said polling locations were busy Tuesday, a lot busier than the primary election in September.

"This is a very important election," Vangjeli said. "It's a state election, you're voting for a governor, there's a lot of important ballot questions, especially local ballot questions for the CPA here in the city of Worcester. It's a beautiful day, the primary was raining, so I'm encouraging people to come out and hopefully cast your ballot because you only have until 8 p.m. tonight."

Vangjeli said he's predicting a 25 to 30% turnout in Worcester, maybe even 35%.