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Voting is to be held in America on 6 November (according to Indian time). Before this, early voting is going on in many parts of America. According to the New York Times, till Tuesday, more than 1.5 crore Americans have cast their votes. This voting has been done through mail (post) in more than 47 states.
This process of voting before the elections is called advance polling or pre-poll voting. Advance polling has been done in American elections before also. Although in the earlier elections, the Democrats had dominated the pre-poll voting, but this time the Republicans have started taking the lead in some major states.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, who are in the presidential race, are also trying to woo Democrat and Republican supporters based on early voting trends so that they can be sent to vote.
Elon Musk, who is openly supporting Trump in the US elections, has said that he will give 1 million dollars, or about Rs 8.40 crore, to any one elected voter every day till the date of the presidential election. The interesting thing is that this scheme is applicable only for 7 swing states.
Donald Trump arrives at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on October 5. It was here that he was attacked. The world's richest man Elon Musk also participated in this rally. They are openly supporting Trump in this election.
Due to Corona, more people voted before the elections in 2020 In America, advance voting is done in different ways. Mail-in voting is available in most states. In this people vote through post. In many states, voters can go to the polling center and vote in person even before the elections. Voting date may vary in different states. Like elections in Virginia start from September 20. Elections have not started yet in Wisconsin.
In 2020, due to the fear of Corona, 6.5 crore people voted by post and 3.58 crore people voted early to avoid the crowd. This figure is approximately 64.4%. Similarly, in the midterm elections of 2022, about 50% people had voted before the elections.
This time too, as the election days are approaching, advance polling is increasing. According to a report in Newsweek, early voting began on October 15 in the states of Georgia and North Carolina. In just one day, more than 7.5 lakh people voted from both the places together.
This time 70% people can vote before the elections Before 1988, there were only 6 states where early voting was prevalent. Since 1992, the trend of early voting before elections has increased. 7% people voted in the 1992 elections. According to NBC, this year 14.5 million people can vote before the elections. It is around 70%.
According to the MIT Election Data and Science Lab, about 60% of Democrat and 32% of Republican voters voted by mail in 2020. Obviously, Biden got the benefit of this in the last election also. This is the reason why former President Donald Trump has given statements against advance polling several times. He says that there is fraud in voting through mail. Despite this, the Republican Party is making voters aware about voting early in this election.
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