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We should hit 18-19m votes in when Mike McDonald runs his midnight update.
Hell, we might get close to 19m just on Texas given the truly bonkers numbers they're putting up. They had fewer votes than FL in 2016, as I recall, despite the population being 50% larger. Don't imagine that'll hold this year.... Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
Dems are still returning ballots at a higher rate and are outnumbering Republicans 55.7 to 23.5 (rest being independents and minor parties). In fact, the gap is growing on return rates. Both have declined a bit in their overall shares as some independents' ballots have come in, which is probably not unexpected.
Not all states report by party though. For example: Alaska just reports counts of requested and returned ballots, while North Carolina reports breakdowns by party, race, gender, age, county, etc. Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
Assuming the 2020 vote is similar, registered democrats vote for Biden, and registered Republicans vote for Trump, that means Dems have 8% of the vote in the bag compared to 3.3% for Republicans. Not a bad start. Assuming that Biden gets 60% of independent and small party registered voters brings the Dem total to almost 10% with Republicans on 4%. Index of Frank's Diaries
Toss-up Florida gets even tighter as Republicans narrow voter registration gap
Many young voters register without a party affiliation ... the turnout will be a determinant factor as always. 'Sapere aude'
Don't hold your breath for APsplainin their "methodology" behind ending races for every office in this GE before precincts close.
The Ninth Circuit ruled against six Navajo Nation members in their challenge to Arizona's deadline for the receipt of mail-in ballots. The members asked for an injunction to require the state to count ballots from tribal members that are postmarked -- rather than received -- by Election Day.
Also Sheldon Whitehouse ran off the rails for THIRTY MINUTES, Day 2 Pt-2 of the Anti-RBG hearing, carrying a "vast conspiracy," illustrating the Federalist Society's Axes of Assets in eighteen (18) 4C printed visual aids ("slides") mounted on a table easel.
Soon to be a major motion picture, The Amicus Briefs.
This is like saying that workers at the triangle shirtwaist factory jumped out the windows because demand for the fire escapes occurred all at once, without mentioning that the owners had chained the doors shut. https://t.co/GCkDYctEbN— Mass for Shut-ins (is a podcast) (@edburmila) October 16, 2020
This is like saying that workers at the triangle shirtwaist factory jumped out the windows because demand for the fire escapes occurred all at once, without mentioning that the owners had chained the doors shut. https://t.co/GCkDYctEbN
In NC, it looks like vote-by-mail numbers skew heavily white and Democratic, while in-person early voting is skewing more African-American but with more Republicans showing up, although the Dems are still showing up in much higher numbers.
Strangely, in Georgia, we're not really seeing that split on racial lines though. No idea what would drive that. Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
Secretaries of state have wide latitude to act in ways that can make it easier or harder to vote. While most all are partisan elected officials, they are expected to carry out policies that aren't more harmful to one party than the other.
The Republican-controlled Legislature had appealed the September ruling by Michigan Court of Claims Judge Cynthia Stephens that said ballots postmarked before Election Day could arrive as much as 14 days late and still be counted. [...] It was not immediately known whether the retiree group would try to appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court.
Maybe it'll be fine, but I question how good that sample will be. Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
There will be phone and online polls done asking those who've voted how they voted though before election night. Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to your country.
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