FYI
post from the AP: More than 22 million Americans have already cast
ballots in this election which is a record-shattering avalanche of early
votes driven both by Democratic enthusiasm and a pandemic that has transformed
the way the nation votes.
The 22.2 million ballots submitted represent 16% of all the
votes cast in the 2016, even as eight states are not yet reporting their
totals and voters still have more than two weeks to cast ballots.
Americans’ rush to vote is leading election experts to
predict that a record 150 million votes may be cast and turnout rates could be higher than in any
presidential election since 1908 (the turnout rate then was
65.5%).
That 1908 election we had only 46 states: AZ, AK, HI and NM were not states in 1908. Also, then we only had 242 EC votes. Today we have 538 (all 50 states plus DC).
W.H. Taft (R) beat W.J. Bryan (D) 29 states to 17 states
with 321 EC vs. 162 EC.
Michael McDonald, University of FL political scientist, who
has long tracked voting for years, says his analysis shows roughly 10 times as
many people have voted today as compared at this same point in 2016, adding: “It’s
crazy. We can be certain this will be a high-turnout election.”
My 2 cents: With massive
numbers for Biden, there is no way Trump can say it was rigged against him, fraudulent,
and make a high court challenge. But, watch him try. We must trust the voters and our tried and true system and stop the false statements that Trump keeps making about the system being rigged and fake - all the does is undermine the entire system - which is Trump's basic technique.
That is why he wants Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court ASAP so that she can be a key vote with another 2000 Bush v. Gore outcome mess – that will favor him – that is pretty clear in his way of thinking. It must not stand.
Stay tuned, and thanks for stopping by.
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