Record Early Voter Turnout
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We ran the numbers: There are 1463 news articles covering this topic. 46% (665) are left leaning, 40% (591) are center, and 14% (207) are right leaning.
Early voting in states like Florida, Georgia, and Wisconsin, have already seen massive turnout. While left-leaning articles highlight that 77 percent of likely voters in Georgia plan to cast ballots in-person ahead of the general election, right-leaning articles highlight that some municipalities in Wisconsin have already exceeded 50% of all the ballots cast in the last presidential election.
A left-leaning article by Newsweek highlights that after Georgia’s first week of early voting drew hundreds of thousands to overloaded polling sites, results from a survey conducted by The New York Times and Siena College shows 77 percent of likely voters in Georgia plan to cast ballots in-person ahead of the general election. The latest early voting statistics released by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office indicated Georgia voters are opting to cast ballots early.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that at least 350,000 ballots were cast in Florida during the first day of early voting there Monday. More than 2.5 million ballots have already been collected through vote-by-mail in the state, which is more than 20% of the total voter turnout in Florida in 2016.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that some municipalities in Wisconsin have already exceeded 50% of all the ballots cast in the last presidential election as early voting began on Tuesday. As of Tuesday, more than 915,000 voters returned absentee ballots, marking 30% of the total votes cast in the 2016 presidential election.