The November 3 election saw a record voter turnout of 66.9 per cent, which is the highest turnout rate since 1900. The 1900 election had recorded 73.7 per cent voter turnout
An estimated 16 crore people casting their votes in a presidential election is a record in itself in terms of turnout after 1900, according to Michael P McDonald, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida, who leads the US Election Project that tracks early voting.
As polling centres in the United States open on Tuesday morning to decide who will sit in the White House for the next four years, over one-third of the total number of voters have already exercised their franchise by using the provision of early voting. According to the latest figures complied by the US Election Project of the George Mason University, more than 30.5 million voters have already cast their ballots.
After the latest projections in Wisconsin, Biden has 253 electoral college votes as against Trump's 213, making it much difficult for the President to win the polls. The winner of the 2020 presidential election should have at least 270 Electoral College votes out of the 538-member electoral college.
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