Politico: “We’re still a day away from the first presidential debate, but nearly a million people have already cast their ballots. Over 944,000 people have either returned their mail ballot or voted early in-person through Sunday, according to data compiled by University of Florida professor Michael McDonald for his site U.S. Elections Project.”
“The number represents a small portion of how many people will ultimately vote — it is 0.7 percent of the 2016 general election turnout — but with some crucial battlegrounds having not yet even sent out mail ballots yet, that number is expected to balloon soon enough. (And the number of people who have actually voted is likely higher: It doesn’t include ballots that are in transit, and not every state updates their voter data daily.) In terms of raw number of voters, the current leader is Virginia, where just over 284,000 voters have already made their selection. But two critical swing states have also seen more than 200,000 voters already make their picks: North Carolina (247,000) and Wisconsin (213,000). That’d equate to 5.2 percent and 7.2 percent of 2016 turnout in each state, respectively. (The state with the highest percentage of 2016 turnout is South Dakota, at a whopping 9.5 percent.)”