More than 78 million Americans voted early in 2024

TOMORROW, MANY AMERICANS WILL GO TO THE POLLS AND VOTE IN THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. HOWEVER, MANY VOTERS HAVE ALREADY CAST THEIR BALLOT.
ACCORDING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ELECTION LAB, AS OF 9 AM MONDAY, 78,041,301 VOTERS HAVE EXERCISED THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE. NOT EVERY STATE HAS PARTY REGISTRATION BREAKDOWN, BUT OF THOSE THAT DO, THE ELECTION LAB REPORTS 38% ARE DEMOCRATS, 36% REPUBLICANS AND 26% UNAFFILIATED.
SOME STATES PROVIDE DATA ON AGE. IT SHOWS THAT 75% OF THOSE, WHO VOTED EARLY, ARE 41-AND-OLDER, 16.7 % BETWEEN 26-AND-40 YEARS OLD AND 8.2 % BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18-AND-25.
AS FOR STATES THAT REPORT GENDER, THE TREND SHOWS THAT 54% OF EARLY VOTERS ARE WOMEN, 43.6 PERCENT ARE MEN.
HERE ARE SOME KEY FIGURES FROM BATTLEGROUND STATES. IN GEORGIA, MORE THAN 4 MILLION PEOPLE VOTED EARLY, 48% IDENTIFIED AS REPUBLICANS, 45% AS DEMOCRATS, 7% OTHER.
IN PENNSYLVANIA, ABOUT 1.7 MILLION PEOPLE VOTED EARLY, WITH REGISTERED DEMOCRATS HOLDING A 57% TO 33% ADVANTAGE OVER REPUBLICANS. 10% IDENTIFIED WITH NEITHER PARTY
IN MICHIGAN, 3 MILLION PEOPLE VOTED EARLY. THE RESEARCH FIRM TARGET SMART WAS ABLE TO PINPOINT THAT 46% WERE DEMOCRATS, 43% ARE REPUBLICANS.
IN ARIZONA, JUST OVER 2 MILLION VOTERS HAVE ALREADY CAST THEIR BALLOT. TARGET SMART SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN WITH 43% REPUBLICANS, 33% DEMOCRATS AND 25% OTHER.
IN NORTH CAROLINA. ABOUT 4-AND-A-HALF MILLION VOTERS TURNED OUT. ABOUT 33%, REPUBLICANS, 32% DEMOCRATS BUT 35% REGISTERED AS SOMETHING ELSE.
101 MILLION AMERICANS VOTED EITHER EARLY IN-PERSON, OR MAIL-IN IN 2020 DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC. SO THE 78 MILLION, THIS YEAR, IS A BIT OF DROP. HOWEVER BOTH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HARRIS AND TRUMP HAVE BEEN URGING THEIR SUPPORTERS TO VOTE EARLY AND IT APPEARS MANY OF THEM HAVE LISTENED. FOR MORE UNBIASED UPDATES, DOWNLOAD THE STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS APP