The soaring levels of early voting come as the coronavirus pandemic has created an unprecedented demand for mail-in and early voting.
More than 10.6 million voters across the U.S. have cast their ballot in the November election as of Tuesday morning, according to data from the U.S. Elections Project.Democrats are leading the historic surge of early voting, though the project's director emphasizes that high levels of blue turnout thus far should not be interpreted as an indicator of final election results.
The soaring level of early voting comes as the coronavirus pandemic has created an unprecedented demand for safer alternatives to casting ballots. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed without evidence that expanded mail-in voting will lead to widespread voter fraud. "Yes, the numbers are very good for Biden. The campaign has to be pleased since they can leverage the banked voters to more efficiently re-target their supporters who have not voted yet. However, it is very likely Republicans will show up in force to vote in-person," McDonald wrote on the U.S. Elections Project website.
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