More Americans have just cast early ballots in the current year’s presidential race than those who wound up voting a ballot before Election Day and by absentee combined in 2016.
More than 58.5 million people have voted with still nine days to go before the general election Nov. 3. Four years back, the complete number of early and absentee voters overall was 58 million, according to the Associated Press.
The current year’s early-voting numbers are powered by an extra number of states, including New York, that permitted early democratic as a result of COVID-19.
Democrats are overwhelmingly spoken to among early voters early compared with Republicans, although the GOPer’s have narrowed that gap in recent days.
Many New York City residents have braved hours-long lines to cast early ballots after polling sites opened this weekend.
Nearly 194,000 New Yorkers took advantage of early voting during the first two days on Saturday and Sunday, the city’s Board of Elections said.
Brooklyn had the most early-birds, with 61,315 in-person ballots cast, followed by Manhattan with 40,838 and Queens with 40,278.
The Bronx had 30,484 and Staten Island 21,000.
