According to Matthew Rice of The New York Sun, Republicans are closing the gap with Democrats in early voting in battleground states. He writes:
Republicans’ efforts to persuade voters to vote early or by mail seems to be working, as registered members of the GOP are closing the gap with Democrats on pre-Election Day voting methods, with turnout climbing higher and higher. Even President Trump says he will vote before Election Day.
Across the battleground states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada, Democrats still hold a lead over their GOP opponents, though Republicans’ numbers are rising.
Nationwide, about 18 million early and mail votes have been cast and received by officials. North Carolina alone has provided more than 1.7 million of those votes since ballots began being received just five days ago. That represents more than one-third of all early and mail votes in the state in 2020. The picture looks relatively positive for the GOP.
Of the 1.7 million votes that have been cast so far, 34.5 percent have been by registered Democrats, while 33.9 percent have been from Republicans. The good news for Vice President Harris is the racial and gender breakdown of those who have voted so far.
As of Wednesday, 52 percent of votes cast in North Carolina were sent in by women, while more than 18 percent were sent in by Black voters. Both of those demographics — which strongly favor Ms. Harris — are overperforming at the polls relative to their share of the population of North Carolina, with women making up 51 percent and Black individuals comprising 12 percent of North Carolina.
The best state for Republicans at the moment is Nevada — a state that hasn’t been won by the GOP at the presidential level since 2004. In early voting there, Republicans lead by about 12,000 votes over their Democratic counterparts.
In rural parts of the state — meaning not Clark County and not Washoe County, which are home to Las Vegas and Reno, respectively — Republicans have a 16,500-vote lead. The editor of the Nevada Independent, Jon Ralston, says such a lead in rural Nevada could cause real problems for Ms. Harris come November. She has consistently been polling just a few points behind Trump in the state.
“It’s real: 16,500 votes because of massive landslides so far and higher than urban turnout percentage,” Mr. Ralston wrote on X on Wednesday. “Dems need more mail, lots of [independents], or big trouble in NV.”
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