Early Votes: High Interest Buoys Clinton In Key States

WASHINGTON (AP) — More people are seeking or casting early ballots in the critical states of North Carolina and Florida than at this point in 2012, with Hillary Clinton the likely benefactor, as early voting shows signs of surging nationwide. Clinton may also benefit from an increase in ballot requests in Georgia, a traditionally Republican state where Democrats have made inroads. Traditionally Republicans have done better initially with early mail-in ballots, before Democrats surpass them once in-person early voting begins. Though preliminary, data compiled by The Associated Press suggest that advance voting could reach 40 percent of all votes cast nationally — up from 35 percent in 2012. In Ohio, nearly 806,000 voters had submitted absentee ballot applications. In Greensboro, North Carolina, Brandon Starkes, 28, cited the state's unsuccessful bid to impose a voter ID law in his decision to vote early. [...] in 2012, Republicans had opened a wide lead over Democrats in returned ballots, 49 percent to 32 percent, leading to Mitt Romney's narrow win that state. Trump is counting on that district's one electoral vote as part of his narrow path to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.

 

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