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Early voting began on Monday in Florida, one of the main states in the US presidential elections, which can be decisive in determining the winner on November 3 in case of convergent results, while support for the candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden in opinion polls in this state are about the same.
And 15 days before the elections, the Republican president will head to Arizona, another prominent state, where he will hold two meetings as part of his marathon election tour that he launched a week after it was confirmed that he had “recovered” from Covid-19. .
There is no meeting scheduled for the Democratic candidate on Monday, according to US media, when he begins his preparations for the last televised debate scheduled for Thursday.
On the other hand, the Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is preparing to move to Florida to renew her electoral campaign activities after being suspended for four days for the recording of Covid-19 cases in her environment. She is expected to visit Orlando and Jacksonville, where she will be invited to participate in the elections early in person, while her husband Doug Amhoff will head to Miami and Palm Beach.
Since the morning, many voters have queued with masks covering their faces, in front of the Miami Beach municipality to cast their vote, according to AFP journalists.
“I’ve been waiting for the election for four years,” said Jacqueline Morris, a 40-year-old Democratic voter, taking selfies with a sign that read, “I voted.”
Early voting is receiving a lot of attention this year, reaching unprecedented levels, reflected in long lines in front of polling stations in the states where elections began.
And 15 days before the presidential election, 28 million Americans cast their votes nationwide, in person or by mail, which is equivalent to about one-fifth of the overall expected turnout, according to the Independent Election Project.
Democrats called for an early mass vote, as a precautionary measure amid the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic. Given this, Trump denounces an approach that would lead to “rigging” the elections, without supporting his statements with evidence, and promised that his voters will go to vote in large numbers on November 3, to discredit the polls that predict his defeat.
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Trump records a drop in polls nationwide and in most critical states to determine the winner.
And he realizes that he cannot ignore Florida, in which he narrowly won in 2016, and is therefore stepping up election rallies, in an attempt to further narrow the gap in intentions to vote with his opponent, according to two studies from two institutes that enjoy a positive reputation among Republicans. Biden is currently 1.4% ahead of Trump in Florida, up from 4.5% two weeks ago, according to a survey by the two institutes.
As for the former vice president, who campaigns with less dynamism and refrains from holding large rallies for fear of the epidemic, he did not forget the southeastern state either and visited it three times, since he especially tried to attract the important group of retirees who He cast his vote for the Republican candidate four years ago, but it seems he’s leaning this time. For Biden.
The focus will be largely on Florida on Election Night, first because of the intense contest, and because its 14 million voters and its 29 large constituency turnout are crucial to achieving the 270 majority needed in the election. commission to get to the White House.
And in 2000, only hundreds of votes in this crucial state helped determine the winner between Al Gore and George Bush Jr., after a court battle and more than once the recount.
According to the Miami Herald, the two camps have appointed teams of attorneys in anticipation of close proximity in the results, which would determine the name of the next president of the United States.
