Ohio - Cuyahoga County Early Vote Comparison to 2016 [View all]
There is some really positive news for Ohio if you look at the number of early voting from Democrats and Independents. I have made these charts to visually demonstrate the differences between 2020 and 2016.
Some historical reference is also helpful:
2008 Cuyahoga County
Obama: 458,204
McCain: 199,864
Difference: 258,340
2012
Obama: 447,254
Romney: 190,656
Difference: 256,598
2016:
Clinton: 398,276
Trump: 184,212
Difference: 214,064
As with most elections, democrats do better as the total number of vote increases. Cuyahoga County has 888,873 registered voters. As of this morning, the number of early votes totals 320,175, with the breakdown as follows:
Democratic: 140,388
Independent: 145,055
Republican: 34,488
The question every seems to be asking is why are there so many independent voters? Are they voting to keep things the same? Do they regret not voting in 2016? If there is a large democratic leaning among these independent voters, Ohio will go for Biden. There will also be a lot of down-ballot races that go blue. If Cuyahoga County is a bell-weather for Ohio, then the early voting data is definitely great news for the state of Ohio going blue.
Thoughts?
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