Nearly 19 million voters have cast early ballots in the US presidential election.

(To Quoc) - As of October 22 (US time), nearly 19 million voters have voted early and this number is expected to continue to increase in the coming days as there are only two weeks left until the US Presidential election on November 5.

According to AP, US presidential candidates are encouraging voters to vote early so they can focus their resources on convincing undecided voters to vote for them at the last minute.

Image of people voting in Wisconsin, USA. Photo: AP

As of October 22 (US time), nearly 19 million voters in this country have voted early. The rate of early voting is breaking records in swing states like Georgia and North Carolina. Republicans hope this early voting will fix the problem in the 2020 presidential election and important races in 2022. In the 2020 election, the GOP did very well before Mr. Trump opposed in-person and early voting by mail and convinced his supporters to wait until Election Day to vote. However, this year, in a different move, Republicans are urging voters to vote early. Even former President Trump has encouraged this action. "I urge everyone to vote early," Mr. Trump said in a podcast last week. According to AP research, the Republican Party seems to be changing a lot. In Nevada, where Democrats have relied on early voting for decades to "seize the win" before Election Day, Republicans have had significantly more early voters this year. However, it is still uncertain which candidate will receive more support. Observers still say that early votes "don't tell anything" and the outcome of this year's race remains unpredictable. There is still time to vote. The last of the seven swing states, Wisconsin, also began early voting on the morning of October 22. "As far as I know, Democrats are still accumulating a lot of early votes. But Republicans are also seeing positive signs with early votes this year," said Michael McDonald, a political scientist at the University of Florida who closely tracks early voting. Clearly, a return to bipartisan early voting could be a turning point. North Carolina and Georgia both reported record turnout on the first day, despite the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene. Other states like South Carolina also set their own records when they opened early voting on October 21. High turnout for early voting

Voters wait in line to cast early ballots in Wisconsin, USA. Photo: AP

Republicans’ mail-in voting rates have improved in some states but remain lower than Democrats’. As of Oct. 22, Democrats had mailed in more ballots than Republicans by an estimated 350,000 votes. But Republicans are closing the gap by voting early in person in most competitive states. Despite years of criticism of early voting or voting by mail, billionaire Elon Musk endorsed Trump at an event last week and urged voters to vote early. Some analysts say Republicans may be trying to even the playing field in early voting. The strength of early voting will be crucial to the campaigns of both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris this year. Vice President Harris and her supporters have been traveling across the country this week, focusing on key battleground states where early voting has begun or is about to begin. Her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, traveled to North Carolina on the first day of early voting there, while her husband, Doug Emhoff, was in Georgia urging voters to show up at the polls. Republicans have also been making similar moves. Former President Donald Trump's most recent visit to Georgia on October 15 coincided with the start of early voting in the state. In a recent social media post, Trump also urged Arizonans to vote "immediately" the following week. "Although early voting does not have much impact on the race for the White House, it is a basis for candidates to track who has voted. From there, candidates can focus on campaigning for undecided voters. This helps both candidates increase their potential to win in a tight race where the final result can be decided by just a few votes," said Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public relations at Princeton University (USA).

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