Slowly but surely flipped blue. 2016 when Hillary Clinton flipped two of the three biggest suburban counties. The other reason is the white vote. Polls show joe biden getting about 20 20 9 of the white vote in georgia. Racially polarized state like georgia, that means the state becomes competitive. 2016, hillaryt to clinton got only 21 of the thee vote for host white vote. Host how do you look at those who have already voted and those who expect to turn up . Record 3. 9ave a Million People who have already cast ballots the selection. Our turnout record in georgia is 4. 1 million. We have almost exceeded the entire 2016 turnout in georgia. Includingunties, bigger counties have already exceeded that. What the election day looks like, nobody knows. Figure, and this has historically been true, democrats tend to win the early vote. No one knows how much the surge in early voting has affected that if republicans and democrats are cannibalizing their election. What we do know is one Million P
And larryt nbc news norden, the director of the Election Reform Program at the Brennan Center for justice. Just a reminder, if you have questions as we chat, feel free to drop them into the chat below. Voting is on everyones mind at the moment, and with coronavirus, more voters than ever are trying mailin ballots or voting early. Alternatives to our usual voting methods, a lot of people are asking will voting become digital, as well . Thent to kick off conversation by asking, why would we even want online voting . My bias is coming from seattle where we have a robust mailin ballot system, and the process is already quite easy. Im curious what the conversation would look like around, why do we need this kind of technology . I think the appeal is in normas. Is enormous. In theory, it has largely been attempted in this country for military deployed service members. It could be used for people with disabilities who dont have a lot of ease getting to the polls. If we somehow had a robust on
At 8 50 a. M. , North Carolina. A look at iowa. And at 9 30 a. M. , texas. Host good morning. This is washington journal on election day. Cspans coverage of the election starts tonight on cspan, you can also view that on our website, or listen along on our free radio app. Our three hours will be devoted to your calls on election day. Tell us if you plan to vote on today or if person you have already voted. For those of supporting joe biden, 2027488000. If you support President Trump, 2027488001. Undecided are an voter or voting for someone else altogether, 2027488002. Text us if you wish at 2027488003. You can also post on twitter or reach us on facebook. The Associated Press reporting out of New Hampshire this morning, results already coming in. This took place as of midnight, communitiesiny making their vote for joe biden, votes. The towns five to the south it was President Donald Trump winning 16 to bidens five. Those are very early results. Will have a better assessment tonight, so
Im sorry kelly welcome to the program facing growing likelihood of defeat in the u. S. President ial election donald trump is again claiming without evidence that he won and that democrats are trying to steal the election in fact trump is steadily losing ground as the tallies in most undecided states swing in favor of joe biden. Now lets get the latest figures for you they show by the end with 264 electoral votes President Trump with 214 were going now to the key state of georgia where we have Seen Movement in the past couple of hours 16 electoral votes at grabs there its an extremely tight race biden has pulled ahead of trump with just over 900. 00 votes 99 percent of the votes counted there meantime pennsylvania the biggest prize yet to be decided 20 electoral votes donald trump currently holding a narrow 3 tenths of a percent lead that gap has been narrowing rapidly in arizona meanwhile votes are still being counted the a. P. News agency this is theyve actually called the state for
President ial debates often dont trump and joe bidens 1st encounter is dominated by interruptions and insults. Amenia and azerbaijan say theyll keep fighting over disputed region rejecting International Calls for talks. I am one of the most wanted suspects in the rwandan genocide is to be handed over to the u. N. For trial. Brazil has recorded more than a 1000 daily coronavirus deaths for the 2nd time in a month it brings the total number to nearly 143002nd only to the United States it is the worst affected country in latin america which is the global epicenter of the pandemic overall brazil. Accounts for more than 30 percent of all corona virus related deaths worldwide and nearly 30 percent of infections. Lets go to our correspondent to get acute joins us live now from Rio De Janeiro so talk us through the situation there why are the numbers going up so high well basically people here have or are acting as if brazil had already discovered the vaccine there or theyre not social distanc