Index – Foreign – Centennial turnout expected in US presidential election.



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Almost seven million Americans already voted before the November for the third competition – MTI reports.

The fierce fighting between Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden, according to a report Thursday night from United States Public Service Radio (NPR) local time that the votes were cast in part in person. , thanks to the opportunity to vote early and partly by letter. Analysts interviewed say this figure suggests an extraordinary turnout ratio: more than ten times (6.6 million) the data recorded before the 2016 election. So far, the majority of people have voted in Michigan, New Jersey , Wisconsin, Virginia and North Carolina.

Analysts explain the phenomenon in part by the fact that many people find it safer to vote by mail due to the coronavirus epidemic.

Michael McDonald, a political scientist at the University of Florida who spoke at NPR, said turnout could go as high as 60% or 65%, depending on interest so far.

The latter occurred in 1908.

Then the Americans chose between Republican William Howard Taft and Democrat William Jennings Bryan. Taft was victorious in the elections.



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