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More Than 43 Million Vote Early, Leaving Campaigns to Deliver Their Final Pitch to an Emptier Room
· New York time
More than 43 million ballots have been cast in the midterms so far, with Hispanic voters helping drive the early voting numbers. In some battleground counties, early totals appear to exceed overall turnout in previous elections, according to the reporting. Those county comparisons do not establish a national final turnout result, but they show why campaigns must pay attention well before Election Day. A ballot already cast cannot be persuaded by the final round of advertisements. Early voting spreads the act of choosing across a longer period, while campaigns continue to spend the last days making their cases. Candidates may still enjoy describing their closing argument as decisive. Millions of voters have already closed the envelope, however, leaving those speeches to compete for the attention of people who have not yet voted.
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