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More Than 50 Million Americans Have Cast Ballots In The US Presidential Election by blamingthedevil: 9:35am On Oct 24, 2020 |
More than 50 million Americans have cast ballots in the US presidential election with 11 days to go in the campaign, a pace that could lead to the highest voter turnout in over a century, according to data from the US Elections Project on Friday. The eye-popping figure is a sign of intense interest in the contest between Republican Donald Trump and Joe Biden, his Democratic challenger, as well as Americans’ desire to reduce their risk of exposure to Covid-19, which has killed more than 221,000 people across the United States. Many states have expanded in-person early voting and mail-in ballots ahead of election day on 3 November, as a safer way to vote during the coronavirus pandemic. Many states have expanded in-person early voting and mail-in ballots ahead of election day on 3 November, as a safer way to vote during the coronavirus pandemic. The high level of early voting has led Michael McDonald, the University of Florida professor who administers the US Elections Project, to predict a record turnout of about 150 million, representing 65% of eligible voters, the highest rate since 1908. In Texas, the level of voting has already surpassed 70% of the total turnout in 2016. In Georgia, some have waited in line for more than 10 hours to cast their ballots. And Wisconsin has seen a record number of early votes, with 1.1 million people having returned their ballots as of this week. Voters in Virginia, Ohio and Georgia have also seen long lines at early voting sites. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/23/us-2020-election-highest-rate-voter-turnout
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Re: More Than 50 Million Americans Have Cast Ballots In The US Presidential Election by TecM0: 7:37am On Oct 25, 2020 |
Americans now understand the consiquences of not voting and voter apathy.. 3 Likes |
Re: More Than 50 Million Americans Have Cast Ballots In The US Presidential Election by Tamaratonye5(f): 11:16am On Oct 25, 2020 |
Obviously the best thing electing Donald Trump did was to get Americans paying attention to politics. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: More Than 50 Million Americans Have Cast Ballots In The US Presidential Election by salford1: 10:29pm On Oct 25, 2020 |
TecM0:Exactly. Hard lesson learnt. 1 Like |
Re: More Than 50 Million Americans Have Cast Ballots In The US Presidential Election by salford1: 10:30pm On Oct 25, 2020 |
Nearly 60million now and still 9 days to the election 1 Like |
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