Update On Early Voting
The Washington Post is reporting that at least 33 million Americans have already voted nationally with two weeks to go until Election Day. This amounts to 70 percent of the total number of early votes cast in 2016. Of course, the surge in early voting isn't a surprise, considering the COVID-19 pandemic has encouraged voters to avoid lines on Election Day and states have expanded early voting availability. Nonetheless, these are historic figures. But as the Post's analysis cautions, the early vote alone can't tell us whether there'll be record-setting overall turnout once all the votes are counted.