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Early voting in US election exceeds 66 million and strong turnout expected

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Early voting in US election exceeds 66 million and strong turnout expected

More than 66 million people have already exercised their right to vote Elections in the United States. This number of early votes is the second highest in history behind those recorded in 2020, in the midst of a pandemic, and suggests that participation in the elections will be high.

Comparing this data to the total number of voters in the last elections, these 66 million They represent 43% of the total participation from four years ago. Of course, it is hardly possible to extract from the data anything other than the expected high participation.

Because the way the Republican voter and the Democratic voter vote is different. While the former prefer to vote in person, even in advance, the Democrat chooses to do it by mail. As for the States, long queues in front of the electoral centers punctuated the days.

Of the total number of states in the country, 26 announce voter affiliation. Currently, those registered as Democrats total nearly 13 million votes compared to 12 for Republicans. In this sense, the point difference, just a couplecontrasts sharply with the one Biden had about Trump, when the current president was 20 points ahead to the now Republican candidate.

The difference is that Republicans have now called for early in-person voting, given suspicions they have about mail-in voting. In addition, they are mainly mobilized in states considered key for the elections such as Arizona, North Carolina and Nevada. Pennsylvania, vital for both candidates, is, for the moment, Democratic. Membership data is not known in Wisconsin, Michigan and Georgia.

Equality is arguably what defines this call to the polls in the United States. Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump are in a technical tie that could break any vote. Pennsylvania, possible key state in 2024 like Florida was in 2020 during the elections between Bush and Gore.

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