75 million Americans have already voted early
US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump (collage: RBC-Ukraine)
As of Sunday, November 3, more than 75 million Americans have voted early in the US presidential election. This is almost half of the total number of voters in 2020, reports Axios.
This is more than 48% of the total number of people who voted in 2020 (154.6 million). This indicates that early voting and voting by mail are becoming increasingly popular voting methods and the new normal in American politics.
Axios also cites two states as examples. In particular, more than 4 million people have already voted in Georgia, which is almost 80% of the total voter turnout in the state in 2020.
Turnout in North Carolina's preliminary voting reflects a similar gap. More than 4.4 million people cast their votes there, also accounting for 80% of the total 2020 voter turnout in this swing state.
The newspaper writes that although US presidential candidate Donald Trump has opposed vote-by-mail for many years, since 2020 he and the Republican Party have been encouraging their supporters to vote early. However, they continue to challenge some of the provisions on voting by mail in courts across the country.
According to UF's estimates, among those who have already voted in states that provide party registration data, Democrats lead by a small margin - 37.9% against 36.2% for Republicans.
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