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October 13, 2020 02:29 PM UTC

Americans Love Them Some Early Voting

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  • by: Colorado Pols

Ballots in Colorado hit mailboxes last weekend, and while it’s too early to look at ballot return numbers in our state, anecdotally we’re hearing that plenty of people have already submitted their votes for 2020. Colorado has been voting mostly by mail since 2014, so early voting isn’t a new phenomenon. But around the country, there are more early voting options than ever before, and people are taking advantage of the opportunity.

As the website U.S. Elections Project reports, nearly 12 million Americans have already cast ballots in 2020. It’s difficult to compare early voting in 2020 to any other year, primarily since no other election cycle had a COVID-19 problem, but we can logically assume that this is a very big deal. Here’s how these numbers compare to previous election cycles:

If you dig deeper into the 2020 early voting numbers, you find that voters in seven states (MN, NJ, SD, VA, VT, WI, and WY) have already cast more than 20% of their state’s total votes compared to 2016. Voters in Florida and North Dakota are knocking on that door, having cast more than 18% of total ballots compared to 2016. Voters are also shattering records for early turnout in states like Georgia and Texas.

Political observers have long predicted that 2020 will shatter the record for voter turnout in the United States. With three weeks to go until Election Day, it’s a good bet that Americans will surpass the 139 million ballots that set a record in 2016.

This is almost certainly not good news for Republicans; Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is already sounding the alarm about a potential “bloodbath” for the GOP in 2020.

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11 thoughts on “Americans Love Them Some Early Voting

    1. Dropped mine and my son's (his first presidential) off in an official county dropbox last night.  This should be how every state votes, you know, making it easy and encouraging people to vote.

    1. When I drop off mine at the Louisville drop box, I am usually the only one.  Yesterday there were five other voters there.  I am guessing many early voters like me are doing so because they know Trump shitbaggery is going to happen later on in the election, so they want to get it in now.  

      It's a good sign.

    2. I dropped my ballot off at the JeffCo Taj Mahal on Monday. I had to wait behind a Prius and a guy on a bike. Small sample size, but it bodes well for the lefties. 

  1. Came home and saw the US Election Project’s update for Colorado — Monday’s total reported to the Sec of State, I imagine.

    Party…………….Total..% of vote..Registration  % of Registration

    Democrats    21,829…49.7……….1,215,517…..1.8

    Republicans…7,314…16.6……….1,110,614……0.7

    Minor……………477……1.1…………..75,852…….0.6

    No Party …..14,335…32.6………..1,709,243…..0.8

    TOTAL…….43,955…100.0……….4,111,226…..1.1

    90 of those votes were “in person” … the others were mail or drop box.

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