Nearly 1 million Americans have already voted

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

THE EARLIEST VOTERS — We’re still a day away from the first presidential debate, but nearly a million people have already cast their ballots. Over 944,000 people have either returned their mail ballot or voted early in-person through Sunday, according to data compiled by University of Florida professor Michael McDonald for his site U.S. Elections Project.

The number represents a small portion of how many people will ultimately vote — it is 0.7 percent of the 2016 general election turnout — but with some crucial battlegrounds having not yet even sent out mail ballots yet, that number is expected to balloon soon enough. (And the number of people who have actually voted is likely higher: It doesn’t include ballots that are in transit, and not every state updates their voter data daily.)

In terms of raw number of voters, the current leader is Virginia, where just over 284,000 voters have already made their selection. But two critical swing states have also seen more than 200,000 voters already make their picks: North Carolina (247,000) and Wisconsin (213,000). That’d equate to 5.2 percent and 7.2 percent of 2016 turnout in each state, respectively. (The state with the highest percentage of 2016 turnout is South Dakota, at a whopping 9.5 percent.)



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[kimbutgar]

1. I hope someone is keeping tabs on these votes so they don't disappear.

[sandensea]

8. It's amazing that needs to be said in 2020 America

But thanks to our dear old GOPee, it really does.

[kimbutgar]

9. Sadly yes

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I don’t trust any repukes! When I meet a repuke I am very cautious around them because they are NOT trustworthy in their judgement.

[DLCWIdem]

11. You mean untrustworthy or not trustworthy correct?

[kimbutgar]

14. Not trustworthy correct

[SnowCritter]

2. I'm dropping-off my ballot this afternoon

at the appropriate location. My wife's, too.

[MineralMan]

3. That information only includes some states where early voting has begun.

Voters are delivering their ballots in various ways in many states, including my own state of Minnesota. Voting has commenced and people are taking advantage of absentee or mail-in ballots in large numbers, to avoid potential exposure to COVID-19.

By the time the final Presidential debate takes place, a sizable percentage of votes will have been cast already. Candidates who are waiting until the week before the elections to spend their advertising dollars will be missing out, I'm afraid. Old campaign methods are woefully out of date in 2020.

[DLCWIdem]

12. I wish my vote was one. I decided to vote eary in person

In Wisconsin early in person voting doesn't start unti Oct 20.

[MineralMan]

13. We all face our own state's dates. Vote when you can.

[roamer65]

4. 1,000,001.

I just dropped off my ballot in MI.

[barbtries]

5. happy to say i'm one of them.

i took my completed ballot to the BoE directly and it was verified within a couple days on the website.

[David__77]

6. I am so eager to vote next week (California)!

The deadline for them to be mailed to voters is one week from today.

[Joe Nation]

7. I voted this morning.

Straight Democratic. They asked if I had requested a mail-in ballot. They were very careful to invalidate the mail-in ballots if anyone had requested one. I'm not seeing this supposed voter fraud issue being real.

[GOPBasher]

10. I just voted for Biden/Harris today

as well as Dems all the way down the ticket. I'm in MI, so that means Peters for Senate. There were others there when I went, as well, and I'm in a very blue area, so that was encouraging.

[LittleGirl]

15. Hubby and I voted last Tuesday eom