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Texas is leading the country in ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election so far, with more than 4 million votes counted as of Sunday.The Lone Star State is first in the nation in both the raw number of ballots cast and the total votes as a percentage of 2016 turnout, according to , a collection of voting statistics compiled by University of Florida professor .As of Sunday, more than 4 million Texans have voted in the general election, either through absentee ballots or in-person early voting, which began last Tuesday. Those ballots account for roughly 45 percent of the nearly 9 million total votes counted during the presidential election four years ago.HEAVY TURNOUT IN HARRIS:More Politics NewsCalifornia, the only state with a higher population than Texas, has counted more than 3 million ballots to date, approximately 21 percent of 2016 turnout, according to the U.S. Elections Project. The state began its early voting period on Oct. 5.In Florida, the third-most populous state, 2.5 million people have voted so far, accounting for roughly 26 percent of ballots cast in 2016. Early voting began across much of Florida on Monday.New York, the fourth-most populous state, doesn’t begin early voting until next week.Only Vermont has approached Texas’ turnout as a percentage of 2016 ballots cast. There, more than 130,000 ballots have been returned since early voting began on Sept. 21 — about 43 percent of the vote count four years ago.Georgia, where nearly 1.5 million people have cast ballots, is approaching 36 percent of 2016 turnout. Early voting started there on Oct. 12.KNOW THE CANDIDATES: /Those statistics come as Texas is expected to break voting records this year, with some elections experts predicting up to 70 percent turnout. Nearly 17 million people are registered to vote in Texas this year, up almost 2 million from 2016, according to the Texas Secretary of State.Both the state Democratic and Republican parties see the early voting totals as promising in a year that will test Texas’ reputation as a red state. Democrats haven’t won a statewide election since 1994 but polls this year show tight races up and down the ballot.“With Republicans shattering early voting expectations, it is clear that Texas is not a swing state and will continue to be a bulwark for President Trump and the rest of the GOP,” said Texas GOP spokesman Luke Twombly.Democrats believe the surge in early turnout bodes well for their party.“We always expected high turnout, and we know that when Texans vote, Texas will turn blue,” said Texas Democratic Party spokesman Abhi Rahman. “We couldn’t be more ecstatic about the early vote totals so far.”The flood of early voting presents an interesting challenge for campaigns still hoping to canvass and secure as many votes as possible before Election Day. Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign on Monday that it has committed a “mid-seven-figure” to help maintain the GOP’s majority in the state House of Representatives and elect Republican judges.Texas’ early voting period is open from Oct. 13 to Oct. 30. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Texas is leading the country in ballots cast in the 2020 presidential election so far, with more than 4 million votes counted as of Sunday.The Lone Star State is first in the nation in both the raw number of ballots cast and the total votes as a percentage of 2016 turnout, according to , a collection of voting statistics compiled by University of Florida professor .As of Sunday, more than 4 million Texans have voted in the general election, either through absentee ballots or in-person early voting, which began last Tuesday. Those ballots account for roughly 45 percent of the nearly 9...

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