Early-voting data shows Republican reversal appears to be paying off [View all]

Source: Washington Post

Record-setting turnout includes GOP voters, who seem to be responding to former president Trump’s pivot from trashing early voting to encouraging it. Americans are voting ahead of Election Day in historic numbers this year. That includes Republicans, who appear to be responding favorably to a new message from former president Donald Trump: It’s okay to vote early.

Dozens of states have opened in-person early-voting locations, and turnout has been robust. In Georgia, more than 1.6 million people had cast in-person ballots by midmorning Tuesday — nearly one-third of the total vote from four years ago. North Carolina hit 1.4 million Tuesday, the sixth day of early voting. And in Nevada, Republicans voting in person have outnumbered Democrats — a reversal from four years ago.





Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/22/early-voting-republicans-democrats-trump-harris/

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I don't know what to make of this. Early voting has favored Democrats in the past. But if the Post is on to something with this story it could be bad news for us.