(VOVWORLD) - More than 80 million Americans have cast ballots in the US presidential election, according to a tally Thursday from the US Elections Project at the University of Florida, setting the stage for the highest participation rate in over a century.
Voters wait in a long line of cars during early voting at the Oklahoma Election Board in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US March 29, 2020. (Photo: REUTERS/Nick Oxford)
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The record-breaking pace, more than 58% of total 2016 turnout, reflects intense interest in the vote, in which incumbent Donald Trump, a Republican, is up against Democratic nominee Joe Biden, a former vice president.
Experts have predicted turnout will easily surpass the 138 million who voted in the 2016 presidential election that Mr. Trump won.
Only 47 million votes came before Election Day in 2016.