The United States Elections Project released data showing that more than half of the 2016 election voters have already cast their ballots this year with six days left until Nov. 3.
The record-breaking early votes reached as of Wednesday afternoon over 70 million Americans who either opted for in-person voting or mail-in ballots.
The number is 50.4 percent of the total votes counted during the 2016 race. The University of Florida political science professor Michael P. McDonald described them as “stunning,” but logic considering this year’s special circumstances and in particular with the coronavirus pandemic and postal services’ delays.
The early voting was even more noticeable in battleground states: 87 percent of Texan voters have already cast their ballots, while more than two-thirds of Florida electorate, 72 percent of North Carolina’s, and 71 percent of Georgia’s did the same.
Data also revealed that Democrats were keener to vote by mail than Republicans urged by Mr. Trump to opt for the in-person procedure.
