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Yonnie3

(17,376 posts)
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 09:41 AM Nov 2020

46% of registered Virginians have already voted

So far 2,740,504 Virginians have voted out of 5,975,847 registered (45.86% turnout). This represents 68.78% of the total votes in 2016.

In Virginia early voting is a form of absentee voting. Absentee (including early voting) is 4.8 times greater this year than in 2016.

190,888 absentee ballots are still out.


2016 Voting data for comparison

5,529,742 Registered Voters
3,984,631 Total Voting
72.05% Turnout
566,948 Absentee (included in Total Voting above)

Data from https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2020%20November%20General/Site/Statistics/Absentee.html (Page generated on 11/01/2020 06:40 AM) and other links at this website.
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46% of registered Virginians have already voted (Original Post) Yonnie3 Nov 2020 OP
Population 8.65 Million. underpants Nov 2020 #1
Yes it is ... Yonnie3 Nov 2020 #2
Side note. underpants Nov 2020 #3

Yonnie3

(17,376 posts)
2. Yes it is ...
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 10:50 AM
Nov 2020

What I don't know is how many of that population is eligible to register to vote.

I suppose that data is out there somewhere, but seems to elude my searches.

underpants

(182,281 posts)
3. Side note.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 11:00 AM
Nov 2020

If this turns out to be the landslide it appears to be, they are going to claim there’s no way it was that lopsided.

BTW - I’ve already voted a couple times. If anyone asks you’ve never hear of anyone named Manuel Feinberg or Suzy Ramirez.

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