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American voters’ expectations for voting this year (very good news for us)
Pew Research ^ | October 24, 2024 | Pew Research--no individual named

Posted on 10/26/2024 9:28:45 AM PDT by cgbg

74% of Trump supporters say they’ll vote in person, including 48% who say they will do so on Election Day (26% say they will vote early in person).

By contrast, 52% of Harris supporters say they plan to vote in person (29% on Election Day, 23% early). 39% of Harris supporters expect to vote absentee or by mail, while just 17% of Trump supporters expect to use this method.

(Excerpt) Read more at pewresearch.org ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2024election; 2024prezelection; elections; polls; voting
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This is a great article to use for number crunching. That answers the question that has been discussed here lately--what do the early voting numbers mean--are they just cannibalized election day votes?

According to this article 48% of Trump supporters say they will vote in person on election day compared to 29% of Harris supporters.

That means we should be expected to make major gains on Election Day. If we tied or ahead (by party registration) in combined early and mail-in voting that means we will get much better turnout for our side than the Democrats.

1 posted on 10/26/2024 9:28:45 AM PDT by cgbg
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To: cgbg

Wow and the GOP is already outperforming on early voting. #Landslide

I think even Facebook knows it as they stopped sending my account to the Gulag after the last debate. In 2020 they permanently banned both of my accounts for “bullying Harris and Biden”.

This year the day of the debates they sent me to the gulag for 1 week (but didn’t put a strike on my account or remove anything...I was just magically in the gulag with no reason given and I couldn’t even use FB messenger).

So they stopped because they know Trump will win and they are hoping to keep Trump from coming after them.


2 posted on 10/26/2024 9:34:50 AM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: cgbg
Last night at the rally in Michigan, Trump asked the audience how many had already voted. Maybe a third cheered. When asked how many would be voting on Election Day, the cheering was much louder.

Sounds like we'll have a huge turnout on Election Day as well.
3 posted on 10/26/2024 9:36:14 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: for-q-clinton

Exactly.

I was totally stunned by this article.

I knew things were going reasonably well but this suggests a true popular vote blowout.


4 posted on 10/26/2024 9:37:20 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: cgbg

I think all the newspapers failing to endorse is a signal that they will not go through the steal this time. It would be way too obvious if they tried.

In 2020 they made it close enough to get away with it. That surely cannot be the case this time around.


5 posted on 10/26/2024 9:38:41 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I'm glad Trump is extending his coattails for surprise down-ballot Senate victories at this point.

But we on FreeRepublic need to put down the Eeyores and focus on the First 100 Days of TrumpII: the Great Exodus of 50M mojados; the immediate draining of the Swamp into the Atlantic; and, yes, the professional pursuit of retribution.


6 posted on 10/26/2024 9:46:57 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: cgbg

Early voting started in NJ today. They were lined up outside at the opening. I’m pretty sure nobody I saw in line were voting for the ho or the pedo.


7 posted on 10/26/2024 9:47:37 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: dfwgator

Did you see the NY Slimes endorsement? Take a barf bag! Lol


8 posted on 10/26/2024 9:56:27 AM PDT by workerbee (==)
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To: workerbee

Well it is the New York Times.


9 posted on 10/26/2024 9:57:29 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: StAnDeliver

I think the Pew article shows the poll numbers understate Trump strength.

Just some basic number crunching so we can follow the early voting and mail in voting patterns to evaluate this.

Basic assumption 1: Total early voting and mail in voting turns out to be even Republican and Democrat

Basic assumption 2: Pew is correct and 48% of Trump supporters vote on election day and 29% of Harris supporters vote on election day.

That means 19% Trump margin x 40% = Five percent Trump margin on election day.

This is compared to the national polling showing a range of Harris +1 or +2 to Trump +1 or +2.

If the assumptions are close and the Pew poll is correct then the national polls are understating President Trump’s strength by five percentage points.


10 posted on 10/26/2024 9:57:37 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: cgbg

Right. Based on the way both campaigns are acting, you know their internal numbers are showing the same thing.

That is why the RATs are panicked.

They need a big lead heading into election day if they are going to win, and they simply do not have it.


11 posted on 10/26/2024 10:01:26 AM PDT by comebacknewt (Trump trumps Hate)
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This model allows us to adjust the figures based on early voting totals we get—so we can understand what is happening on the ground.

We could not do that accurately without this new data.


12 posted on 10/26/2024 10:04:33 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: for-q-clinton

According to National Review, it appears that 43% of the early vote are cast by registered Democrats, 35% by registered Republicans, and 23% are cast by others (registered third party or decline to state party preference). I heard from ABC (I think) that women outnumber men in early voting by 10 points.
To make the math simple, I will say the early vote has 55 voting for Harris, 45 voting for Trump. If it is true that 48% of Trump voters and 23% of Harris voters will vote on election day, then (48/52)*45 = 41.5 (to be conservative I will lower this to 41) will vote for Trump on election day.
(23/77)*55 = 16.4 will vote for Harris on election day.
I think it is too optimistic to say 41+45 = 86 will vote for Trump and 55 + 16 = 71 will vote for Harris.


13 posted on 10/26/2024 10:08:45 AM PDT by convoter2016 ( )
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To: cgbg

I’m waiting on line here in Riverhead NY to vote and the line is huge, at least 2 hour wait. Good sign or not? I can’t picture people willing to wait on line this long to vote for junkie Jezebel. “And what has been, by what has been, unburdened by time that is time of now tomorrow” Oh out of my way, i gotta vote for her”


14 posted on 10/26/2024 10:18:20 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: convoter2016

We only know those who have voted early so far.

Those figures will be updated daily between now and election day.

No estimates are needed—we just can collect the data and plug it into the Pew formula.

Each day we will get a clearer picture.


15 posted on 10/26/2024 10:23:35 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: convoter2016

I read Pew wrong. So it’s 29% of Harris plan to vote on election day. So (29/71)*55 = 22.46 will vote for Harris on election day. So my simple example predicts 86 for Trump and 77 for Harris. Trump wins popular vote 53% to 47%, which in my opinion is too optimistic.


16 posted on 10/26/2024 10:54:36 AM PDT by convoter2016 ( )
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To: Dan in Wichita
Last night at the rally in Michigan, Trump asked the audience how many had already voted. Maybe a third cheered. When asked how many would be voting on Election Day, the cheering was much louder.

Early voting in Michigan is really not a thing. Until the Covid fiasco where the corrupt Democrat (but I repeat myself) MI Secretary of State mass mailed out ballots to everyone without request, it was almost impossible to get an absentee ballot unless you were a Senior or in the military or had a disability.

17 posted on 10/26/2024 11:02:37 AM PDT by Mozzafiato
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To: cgbg
we should be expected to make major gains on Election Day

Sure, but how about the remaining days of Election Month?

18 posted on 10/26/2024 11:02:43 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

One day at a time, one day at a time....


19 posted on 10/26/2024 11:03:57 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: convoter2016

It is too early to tell for sure whether it is too optimistic.

What we have is a model we can use—if the model is correct here is what we get:

10% Democratic margin in early voting/mail in voting = Popular vote tie

8% margin = 1% Trump popular vote win

6% margin = 2% Trump popular vote win

4% margin = 3% Trump popular vote win

2% margin = 4% Trump popular vote win

Dead even = 5% Trump popular vote win

etc.

Then we watch the real early voting results and see where we are.


20 posted on 10/26/2024 11:08:56 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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