Peninsula 360 Press
With less than a week to go before the November 3 elections in the U.S., states such as Hawaii and Florida have already surpassed the voting figures compared to the same period in 2016, while Texas and California have cast the most votes.
According to information from the U.S. Election Project, more than 7.3 million people have voted in the state of Florida as of this Thursday, representing some 700,000 more votes compared to 2016, when some 6.6 million had been registered.
As for party preferences, Michael McDonald, professor at the University of Florida and director of the U.S. Elections Project, said that "the early vote in Florida is confirming that the statewide elections will be closed.
It should be noted that in the U.S. the vote is indirect, so the most important votes to win the election are largely in "swing" or "swing" states, such as Florida, which have a larger population and therefore more polling stations.
California, with 55 points, is the state that brings the most votes to the presidential election, but traditionally favors Democratic candidates; it is followed by Texas, with 38 points, which usually votes for a Republican candidate; and third, with 29 votes, it is followed by states such as New York and Florida.
However, the New York state tends to favor Democratic candidates, while Florida, not having a strong preference, is a key state that can be contested by both candidates.
On the other hand, McDonald points out that the first state to break the record of votes compared to 2016 was Hawaii, in dode have been returned just over 457,000 ballots, of the 795,000 requested.
While other states that are also close to breaking this barrier are Texas, with about 8.5 million votes, representing 95 percent of the 2006 turnout.
Followed by Montana (85.5%), New Mexico (83.1%), Tennessee (82.9%), Georgia (82.3%), Oregon (82.4%), Washington (82.1%) and North Carolina (81.1%).
By number of votes, the states with the most votes are Texas with 8.5 million, California with 8.4 million and Florida with 7.3 million. In total, just over 80 million people have voted in the US so far.
