Peninsula 360 Press
Less than a week to the elections next November 3 in the U.S., states like Hawaii and Florida have already exceeded the voting figures compared to the same period of 2016; while Texas and California are those who have cast more votes.
And is that until Thursday, according to information from U.S. Election Project, in the state of Florida have voted more than 7.3 million people, representing about 700 thousand more votes compared to 2016, when they had registered about 6.6 million.
As for party preferences, Michael McDonald, a professor at the University of Florida and director of the U.S. Elections Project, notes that "early voting in Florida is confirming that the state's polls will be close.
It should be noted that in the U.S. the vote is indirect, so the most important votes to be able to take the elections lie largely in states "undecided" or "pendulum," such as Florida, which have a larger population and, therefore, polling stations.
California, with 55 points, is the state that contributes the most votes to the presidential election, but traditionally leans toward Democratic candidates, followed by Texas, with 38 points, which generally votes for a Republican candidate and, in third place, with 29 votes, followed by states like 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 could be contested by both candidates.
On the other hand, McDonald points out that the first state to break the voting record compared to 2016 was Hawaii, where just over 457,000 ballots have been returned, out of the 795,000 requested.
While other states that are also on the verge of breaking this barrier are Texas, with about 8.5 million votes, which is 95 percent compared to 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. In total, just over 80 million people have voted in the U.S. so far.
