ColinC
ColinC's Journal944,114 people have voted so far
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.htmlVA has now surpassed NC as the state with the most early votes cast -likely because of their in person early vote, which NC hasn't started yet.
Party Count Percent
Democrats 136,716 53.8
Republicans 42,494 16.7
Minor 846 0.3
No Party Affiliation 74,182 29.2
TOTAL 254,238 100.0
866,734 people have voted so far.
https://twitter.com/ElectProject/status/1309846117790736387?s=20As a point of comparison to the 866,734 people who have already voted in the 2020 general election; in 2016, I was tracking 9,525 early voters around this same time
780,065 votes have been cast in the 2020 US Presidential election.
Voted by Party Registration
Reporting states with party registration data: FL, IA, NC
Party Count Percent
Democrats 123,126 54.3
Republicans 37,014 16.3
Minor 708 0.3
No Party Affiliation 65,901 29.1
TOTAL 226,749 100.0
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html
Just sent a letter to the public editor for NPR
Here is what it said:
There is also a perpetuation of the idea that Trump will be ahead on election day in the votes, and declare victory before all the votes are counted. Given the partisan makeup of the early vote in states like FL, NC and GA, it is unlikely the first results released in these key states will favor Trump -an assertion also based on pre election polls of which supporters of a candidate are going to vote early like this Pew Research poll: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/08/26/biden-supporters-in-states-where-it-is-hardest-to-vote-by-mail-are-most-concerned-about-voting-this-fall/.
https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/vopp-table-16-when-absentee-mail-ballot-processing-and-counting-can-begin.aspx
PS: To reiterate, I am only referring to states that have their $#!@(stuff) together with their mail in voting process. Something that for the moment does not apply to MI, WI and PA -three key states that will also determine the election if it is close. The point of this comment, however, is that right now it isn't looking like it will be a close election: meaning we will know who won on election night if things keep going the way they are.
Folks think all mail voting will delay election results
While that is true for the late arriving ballots, for the most part it looks as if it would actually make knowing who won the election a lot faster based on how most states begin counting the votes before the election and release the tallies at the end of election day, and most people casting their votes early. A nationwide vote by mail law would likely have the effect of more quickly knowing who won the presidential election, not slower.
https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/vopp-table-16-when-absentee-mail-ballot-processing-and-counting-can-begin.aspx
Trump has almost a million dollars in campaign debt
Fundraising Details
Campaign Committee Outside Groups Combined
Total Raised $476,324,349 $118,394,412 $594,718,761
Total Spent $372,751,760 $82,524,880 $455,276,640
Cash on Hand $121,096,473 $35,869,532 $156,966,005
Debts $902,626 - -
Date of Report August 31, 2020 September 21, 2020
http://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race/donald-trump/candidate?id=N00023864
VS
http://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race/joe-biden/candidate?id=N00001669
Total Raised $531,009,149 $171,312,590 $702,321,739
Total Spent $350,384,990 $129,327,815 $479,712,805
Cash on Hand $180,626,411 $41,984,775 $222,611,186
Debts $0 - -
Date of Report August 31, 2020 September 21, 2020
Biden's campaign has zero debt.
Ohio is now blue on 538
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/ohio/Is Trump coming full circle on mail voting?
He is now encouraging michiganders to cast absentee ballots.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.detroitnews.com/amp/5858608002
I hope this encourages the gop in the state legislature to consider passing a law where they can process the ballots faster!
I wonder why. Maybe cause his manipulation of the post office has failed miserably?
Vote by mail, vote early in person if you can but
...let the magats deal with the lines on election day, and see how enthusiastic they really are for their POS leader.
Early in person and mail ballots will be the first ones counted on election day. Dumpster fire is now encouraging his voters to vote by mail so registration data should start to tilt a little less democratic than it is now. Let's keep steady, keep our eye on the ball and hit a home run in November!
511,417 people have voted in the general election
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.htmlClick for details.
Voted by Party Registration
Reporting states with party registration data: FL, IA, NC
Party Count Percent
Democrats 109,849 54.5
Republicans 32,316 16.0
Minor 596 0.3
No Party Affiliation 58,758 29.2
TOTAL 201,519 100.0
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