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Voters have notably cast their ballots for the presidential election between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump via mail or early in-person voting.
CNN reports that, with only a few days left before the US elections, an astounding 61.0 million Americans have already cast ballots to make their voices heard in the November election.
Voters have notably cast their ballots for the presidential election between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump via mail or early in-person voting.
In the meantime, the presidential contest is intensifying in Georgia and North Carolina, according to recent CNN polls by SSRS, which indicate that Harris and Trump are in a close race.
According to CNN, likely voters in Georgia split between 48 percent for Trump and 47 percent for Harris, while in North Carolina, Harris has 48 percent of the vote compared to 47 percent for Trump.
There is no obvious front-runner in either state, as these close margins fall within the poll’s margin of error.
It is interesting to note that North Carolina, which supported former President Barack Obama in 2008, has voted Republican in the past three presidential elections. But Trump defeated US President Joe Biden in 2020.
Four years ago, Joe Biden became the first Democrat to win Georgia since Bill Clinton’s victory in 1992 when he defeated Donald Trump by less than 1 percentage point.
Black likely voters (84 percent to 13 percent in Georgia; 78 percent to 19 percent in North Carolina) and college-educated voters (55 percent to 39 percent in Georgia; 53 percent to 42 percent in North Carolina) are the two demographic groups Harris is leading in both Georgia and North Carolina.
In contrast, white college graduates in both states are split equally (48 percent Trump to 46 percent Harris in Georgia, and 50 percent Harris to 47 percent Trump in North Carolina). In Georgia, Trump has a significant lead among white voters without college degrees, 81 percent to 15 percent. According to CNN, he leads that group in North Carolina by a less pronounced margin of 65 percent to 31 percent.