Nearly 33 million Americans have already voted early before the official date of November 5, both by mail and in person in states where that option has already been opened.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Kamala Harris are both tied with 47% of the vote, according to CNN’s latest poll ahead of the November election. The survey, which was conducted by telephone among 1,704 registered voters from October 20 to 23, was published on Friday.
Nearly 33 million Americans have already voted in advance before the official date of November 5, both by mail (17.8 million) and in person (15 million) in the states where that option has already been opened. The 32.9 million early votes represent a high percentage when there are 12 days left before the election.
According to data collected by the University of Florida’s Electoral Laboratory, these are the states where the most votes are registered Texas (3.3 million), Florida (3.3) and California (3.2)while Georgia and North Carolina They also exceed 2 million.
States have opened early voting on various dates, some of which are equally important New York they haven’t yet – which explains the disparity in numbers, as fewer than 100,000 people have voted in some of these countries. In any case, according to comparative studies, the number of early votes exceeds that of all other previous elections.
According to laboratory data, registered voters are the majority so far Democrats (41%) vs. Republicans (35%)but the data is inconclusive as 23% of voters have not registered with a partisan label.
Data collected by CNN from various sources shows that Republicans in four of the seven decisive states are mobilizing more strongly in advance than in 2024, something that the conservative candidate, former President Donald Trump, has repeatedly asked supporters for in this campaign.
In Arizona, North Carolina and Nevada Mobilization of registered Republican voters is between five and nine points higher than in 2020 in Pennsylvania Republican early voting has increased by 10 points, but is lower than the 60% of voters registered as Democrats.
Musk’s Awards
On the other hand, the billionaire and owner of the social network Michigan and Wisconsindespite the fact that the US justice department has warned him that these payments could violate election law.
According to CNN, these are the first gifts from the so-called “pro-Donald Trump super PAC” after news emerged Wednesday that the Justice Department had warned that these “daily” drawings could violate federal election laws that prohibit payments to registered voters.
Billionaire campaign fundraising data
The 2024 election campaign has once again broken records in fundraising of billions of dollars, with the important role of external actors and large fortunes, something that reopens the debate on the influence of money in American politics.
On November 5, not only will the new President of the United States be elected, but also the entire House of Representatives and a third of the Senate will be renewed, a fundamental balance for institutional stability and the ability of the next president to deliver on his promises . electorally.
Source: EITB
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