3 because of the influx of mail-in ballots, though it is well-documented that voter fraud is exceedingly rare and several states voted almost entirely by mail before the pandemic hit.Last October, Trump made a splashy visit to The Villages, where he signed an executive order he said would strengthen Medicare, a government healthcare program enjoyed by one of Florida’s largest voting blocs - seniors. The president has predicted rampant voter fraud and “rigged” election results on Nov. The coronavirus pandemic is at least partly responsible for the record voter turnout, with more Americans choosing to vote by mail than ever before, even though Trump and other Republicans have repeatedly made disparaging comments about the voting method. The last president to win the general election without winning Florida was Calvin Coolidge in 1924. He won Florida narrowly in 2016, and historically, his chances to win the White House again without the state aren’t high. Many election experts say that President Trump Donald Trump Israeli officials say US should open consulate for Palestinians in West Bank Virginia loss lays bare Democrats' struggle with rural voters Sunday shows preview: House passes bipartisan infrastructure bill Democrats suffer election loss in Virginia MORE ’s precarious hopes for a second term go through the state. With 29 electoral votes, Florida has perennially been at the center of close presidential elections in recent memory. A democratic presidential nominee hasn’t carried Texas since 1976 and the Peach State since 1992. Texas and Georgia have long been Republican strongholds, but have been turning bluer thanks to an increasingly diverse electorate. The three states are some of the most important battleground states this election cycle. “We've been doing that work, you know, really encouraging people to vote by mail or vote early because we know that it's so important to make your voice heard,” Mercado told The Hill.
Of those who voted in-person, a third were Black.Įarly in-person voting doesn’t start in Florida until Monday, but over 2 million Floridians have already mailed in their ballots - more than 20 percent of the total voter turnout the Sunshine State saw in 2016.Īndrea Mercado, executive director of voting rights group New Florida Majority, called the figure “astounding.”
About 379,000 Georgians have voted early this week and over 500,000 have mailed in their ballots.
Voters in Georgia - which performed the largest voter purge in American history in 2017 - waited in line for up to 12 hours on Monday to vote in-person. Greg Abbott Greg Abbott Travis Scott 'devastated' over deadly music show, offers condolences Texas governor directs agency to offer resources for probe of deadly music festival Eight dead after crowd surge sparks 'panic' at Houston music festival MORE (R) limiting each state county to only having one mail-in ballot drop-off location, the Lone Star State has received roughly 400,000 mailed ballots so far. In Texas, for example, more than 1 million residents stood in line to cast their votes on Tuesday, the state’s first day of early voting.
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