Democrats currently hold a sizeable advantage in early voting, preliminary data shows. Democrats account for 1.4 million of the roughly 6 million ballots already cast. The number represents more than double the 653,000 ballots registered Republicans cast. However, 3.7 million of those who have already voted are “either unaffiliated with either party or live in states that do not register voters by party,” as the Hill reported, “Demographic modeling by one prominent Democratic firm, TargetSmart, estimates that almost 3 million of all votes cast have come from Democratic voters, compared to about 2.1 million from Republicans.”
According to the University of Florida’s Michael McDonald, an estimated 750,000 people had already cast their vote at this point in the presidency in 2016, representing a monumental shift this election cycle in the era of the Chinese coronavirus.
However, traditional methods may not reflect the true outlook of what could amount to be an unconventional presidential race, given the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) recent data showing that a majority of attendees of President Trump’s rally in Duluth, Minnesota, were not Republicans. Nearly 21 percent were Democrats, specifically:
Our data from the Duluth Rally shows @realDonaldTrump is still bringing in tons of new voters:
60% of attendees were NOT Republican
20.9% were Democrat
17.2% did not vote in 2016
8.4% have not voted in last 4 elections
Thank you, Minnesota!
— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) October 1, 2020
The GOP is also experiencing a rise in voter registrations in key swing states, such as Pennsylvania…
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