If Donald Trump supporters don’t insist a poll is skewed, they’ll dismiss it as meaningless “at this point.” What the confident Trump fans largely ignore is that we don’t have Election Day anymore; we have Election Month – in some cases, more than a month. Votes will begin getting cast a lot sooner than most Americans think.
Early in-person voting starts September 23 in Minnesota, September 24 in Michigan, September 25 in Vermont, September 29 in Illinois, October 3 in Nebraska, October 10 in Montana and South Carolina, October 11 in Indiana, October 12 in Arizona and Ohio, October 19 in Tennessee, October 24 in Wisconsin, October 27 in North Carolina, October 29 in Florida. Washington starts mailing out its ballots October 10. More than 31 percent of Americans cast their ballots early in 2012.
A few voters will cast their ballots before any presidential or vice presidential debates occur and quite a few will cast their ballots before the final one. The presidential debates are scheduled for September 26, October 9, and October 19. The vice-presidential debate will be held October 4.
As Yogi Berra said, “it gets late early out there.”
Early Voting Starts in 51 Days