Voters have cast more than 94 million ballots in the U.S. ahead of election day, according to the U.S. That figure represents more than 68 percent of the total votes counted in 2016, according to the site, which is compiled by University of Florida political science professor Michael McDonald. It includes more than 34 million in-person votes as well as nearly 60 million returned mail-in ballots, according to the project, though some states don’t break out mail-in votes separately from in-person. Of the states that have party registration — which account for nearly half of the early voters so far — more than 45 percent of those who have turned out or mailed in their ballots are registered Democrats. Just over 30 percent are registered Republicans, according to the website, while more than 23% are not affiliated with a party.

Source: The Standard November 02, 2020 14:37 UTC