Early vote totals in Texas, Hawaii, Montana, and Washington state have already surpassed 2016
As voters across the US head to the polls to cast their ballot in the 2020 general election on Tuesday, voters in four US states had already surpassed their state turnout from the 2016 general election before polls opened.
According to data from the US Elections Project, early vote totals in Texas, Hawaii, Montana, and Washington state surpassed total turnout during the 2016 election between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and now-President Trump.
In Texas, more than 9.7 million people cast an early vote, approximately an 8% increase over the number of total votes cast in 2016, according to the data.
In Hawaii, approximately 484,000 people voted early, greater than a 10% increase over its 2016 turnout. And in Washington state, more than 3.5 million cast a ballot early this year, surpassing the state's 2016 turnout by about 5%. And in Montana, over 529,000 people voted early, surpassing 2016 turnout by more than 2%.
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