'Staggering numbers': EV is breaking records in 2020, fueled by a big mail-ballot lead for Democrats
Source: USA Today
'Staggering numbers': Early voting is breaking records in 2020, fueled by a big mail-ballot lead for Democrats
More than 4.2 million people have already voted early in the presidential election, vastly exceeding the pace of 2016 as Democrats amass a commanding lead in returned mail ballots.
In the 2016 election, around 75,000 people had voted early at this point, across significantly fewer states that had started early voting and reporting their numbers, according to the United States Elections Project.
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The strong early voting turnout comes as Democratic nominee Joe Biden maintains a strong national polling lead over President Donald Trump.
Some voters could be voting earlier because they're wary about the performance of the U.S. Postal Service and want to get their ballots in the mail as soon as possible.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/06/election-2020-fueled-democrats-early-voting-way-up/3623292001/
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Virginia has had the most early voters so far with 714,000, followed by the battleground states of Florida (701,000) and Wisconsin (545,000).
But it is South Dakota that has seen the greatest percentage of increase in voters in relation to 2016 overall turnout. Already 23% of South Dakota's 2016 overall turnout has voted early. That's followed by Virginia (18% of its 2016 overall turnout), Wisconsin (18%) and Wyoming (15%).
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