Early voting shows upsurge of women
In Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida, Democrats see uptick in women taking ballots as reason for optimism.
By Katie Glueck and Kyle Cheney
10/21/16 06:25 PM EDT
For much of his campaign, Donald Trump has done more to repel women voters than he has to win them over. Now mounting evidence suggests they are already punishing him for it at the ballot box.
In three crucial battlegrounds – North Carolina, Florida and Georgia – women are casting early ballots in disproportionate numbers. And in North Carolina, a must-win state for Trump with detailed early voting data available, it’s clear that Democratic women have been particularly motivated to turn out or turn ballots in.
In North Carolina, 87,000 Democratic women have already moved to cast early ballots compared to just 60,000 Republican women, according to data shared with POLITICO by J. Michael Bitzer, an expert on North Carolina’s early vote at Catawba College. Men in the state, meanwhile, are closely divided: 50,000 Republicans and 52,000 Democrats have voted.
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