Voters hold on in line on the sidewalk for several hours to cast their ballots during early voting in the Brooklyn borough of New York Borough, New York, October 27, 2020.
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Voters have cast more than 94 million ballots in the Shared States ahead of Election Day, according to the U.S. Elections Project.
That figure represents more than 68% of the perfect votes counted in 2016, according to the site, which is compiled by University of Florida political science professor Michael McDonald. It contains more than 34 million in-person votes as well as nearly 60 million returned mail-in ballots, contract to the project, though some states don’t break out mail-in votes separately from in person.
Of the states that partake of party registration — which account for nearly half of the early voters so far — more than 45% of those who receive turned out or mailed in their ballots are registered Democrats. Just over 30% are registered Republicans, according to the website, while more than 23% are not associated with a party.
Texas and Hawaii have both already exceeded their total voter turnout in 2016, at all over 110% of those voting levels. Texas has become a surprising target of Democrats this year, a full series before many had projected changing demographics to swing the state in their favor.
Several other states are adjoining 100% of their 2016 turnout already, according to the U.S. Elections Project. Florida Georgia, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina and Washington, possess all exceeded 90% of total turnout in 2016.
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