More than 75 million Americans have already voted – DW – 11/03/2024
More than 75 million people had already voted in the US election as of Saturday, representing more than 48% of the total number that cast in the 2020 presidential election, when 154.6 million Americans voted. The latest polls this Sunday (11/03/2024) show a tight race between Democratic presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, and her Republican rival, Donald Trump, two days before the presidential election.
In the case of in-person early voting, the level of participation already exceeds the total number of votes cast in this manner in the 2020 presidential election, two days before Election Day on November 5, and shows that Americans are voting How the way of doing things is changing. The option of early voting (both by mail and in person), which became more popular during the pandemic, shows that voters are no longer waiting for Election Day, but instead many are casting their vote by mail or by voting early. Like to give. Polling station.
Kamala Harris herself said this Sunday that she voted early. “Actually, I just filled out my mail-in ballot,” he told reporters in the key state of Michigan with two days left before the election. He said the ballot is “going to California.”
fight for key states
In Georgia — one of the key states for these elections — more than 4 million people have already voted, according to the early voting tracker from the Election Lab at the University of Florida, about 80% of the state’s total participation in 2020. While in other battleground states like Arizona and North Carolina, almost half of the voters have already exercised their right to vote.
Although the candidates chosen by early voters are not yet known, data on who cast votes provides clues. Pennsylvania has seen an increase in new women registering as Democrats, while Arizona has seen an increase in men registering as Republicans, according to an NBC News analysis.
Donald Trump has encouraged the use of early voting on occasion, having discouraged it on previous occasions with baseless allegations that voting by mail promotes fraud. “The fate of our country is in your hands. On Tuesday, you have to stand up,” Trump said at his first rally of the day in Pennsylvania, where he once again raised the threat of election fraud. And he called a “false poll” that gave Harris a win in Iowa, a traditional Republican stronghold.
tie in the election
Today a new poll from NBC News shows that the Vice President and the former President are virtually tied among registered voters nationally. Of the polls that took into account other third-party candidates, 47% support Trump and 46% support Harris. Considering only the two main candidates in surveys, Harris and Trump are tied at 49% each.
However, the latest ABC News/Ipsos national poll shows Vice President Harris has a slight lead over the Republican mogul, with 49% to 46% supporting Trump. Including the new poll results, the latest CNN poll of poll averages of national surveys shows that 48% of voters nationwide support Harris and 47% support Trump, unchanged from the previous average.
The final New York Times/Siena poll on Sunday noted some changes in key battleground states, but results for seven “hinge states” or “swing states” remain within the margin of error.
LGC (EFE, AFP)