Clinton Counting on Swing-State Advantage Through Early Voting
- Democrats see advantage in North Carolina; Republicans in Ohio
- Trump hasn’t put as much emphasis on pre-Election Day ballots
Battleground States in Focus Amid Heavy Early Voting
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Democrats are casting early votes with greater intensity in North Carolina and Colorado, while Republicans appear to have the early edge in Ohio and Iowa. There’s a surge of early balloting in Florida, another crucial swing state, though it’s difficult to say yet whether the advantage goes to Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.
Those are some of the trends emerging so far from data being compiled after more than 15 million Americans have already cast their ballots, either by mail or in person, according to Michael McDonald, a University of Florida professor who runs the U.S. Elections Project that updates the statistics daily.