[Craig Nigrelli]

EARLY AND ABSENTEE VOTING NUMBERS CONTINUE TO SOAR WITH THE ELECTION NOW JUST 12 DAYS AWAY. AS OF THIS RECORDING, THE NUMBER JUMPED BY MORE THAN 5 MILLION IN JUST THE LAST 24 HOURS.
ACCORDING TO POLITICAL DATA FIRM TARGET EARLY : 24,040,251 VOTERS HAVE CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN THIS ELECTION, AS OF 3 AM EASTERN STANDARD TIME ON OCTOBER 24TH . PARTY BREAKDOWN IS IMPORTANT AS REPUBLICAN PUNDITS ARE NOW SAYING PUBLICLY THAT THE EARLY VOTING IS VERY ENCOURAGING FOR THE G-O-P, IN AN AREA WHERE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE HISTORICALLY WELL. CNN IS REPORTING THE REPUBLICANS PERCENTAGES ARE UP IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES : NORTH CAROLINA, PENNSYLVANIA, ARIZONA AND NEVADA COMPARED TO FOUR YEARS AGO.
OVERALL, 11,745,049 REGISTERED DEMOCRATS HAVE ALREADY VOTED. 10,234,049 REPUBLICANS HAVE DONE THIS SAME, GIVING THE DEMOCRATS ABOUT A ONE-AND-A-HALF MILLION EDGE. 2,061,153 VOTERS IDENTIFY AS “OTHER” MEANING, UNAFFILIATED OR A DIFFERENT PARTY THAN A DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN.
TAKING A LOOK HOW THIS COMPARES TO THE 2020 ELECTION, THE U-S CENSUS BUREAU FOUND THAT 155 MILLION VOTERS, CAST A BALLOT. A WHOPPING 66.8 % TURNOUT OF ELIGIBLE AMERICANS, 18-YEARS-OLD OR OLDER. ADD TO THAT, 69.4 % OF VOTERS USED, WHAT THE CENSUS CALLED, **NON-TRADITIONAL** METHODS. THAT’S EITHER EARLY OR ABSENTEE.
KEEP IN MIND, THE NATION WAS DEALING WITH THE COVID PANDEMIC IN 2020 AND MANY PEOPLE WERE STUCK AT HOME. STILL, THE CENSUS BUREAU NOTES, DESPITE CONCERNS THAT TURNOUT WOULD BE LOWER IN APANDEMIC, IT WAS ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST VOTER TURN-OUT IN A CENTURY, 155-MILLION PEOPLE.
ONE THING IS FOR SURE AS NOVEMBER 5TH DRAWS, INTEREST IN THIS ELECTION IS EXTREMELY HIGH AS WELL.