Early Voting Tally Across U.S. Reaches 70% of 2016 Total Turnout
By noon Monday, more than 96 million Americans had already voted, either by mail or early and in person, according to the nonpartisan United States Election Project. That's more than twice the final early vote in 2016, and 70% of the entire vote in 2016. And when it comes to battleground states, the early turnout is even higher. In North Carolina, voters comprising more than 95% of the entire 2016 vote there had already cast ballots by midday Monday. In Florida and Georgia, the number was more than 94%. In Arizona, it was nearly 87%, and in Nevada, the number was more than 91%. Texas – a state that became a sleeper battleground this year, going from lean or likely Republican to toss-up status by several forecasting operations, voters are coming out in record drives: By Monday morning, 108% of those who cast ballots early or on Election Day in 2016 had already voted. In Montana, a state that is not a presidential battleground but where a hard-fought U.S. Senate race is being waged ...