The new three-year note appeared to be in less demand.
The new three-year note was offered at a price to yield 5.65 percent, down 4 basis points from the previous day.
The auction of $15.5 billion in three-year notes is unchanged.
The sales begin tomorrow, when the Treasury will auction $10 billion of three-year notes.
Today the elections and the auction of the three-year note are likely to capture the market's attention.
But the price of the three-year note was unchanged, as the yield remained at 4.54 percent.
The three-year notes do not count as capital under banking regulations.
But later in the afternoon, after the release of the department store data, the three-year note rallied a little.
The three-year note, he said "is a good place to hide."
Demand at yesterday's sale of three-year notes was better than average.
