Millions will cast their vote on Nov. 6, but millions have already voted courtesy of early voting and the absentee ballot.
According to the Los Angeles Times, 27 million Americans have voted before Sat., Nov. 3, and the Obama campaign has stated they are leading in the swing states.
During a conference call, Obama Campaign Field Director Jeremy Bird stated, "Our opponent is losing among early voters in nearly every public poll in every battleground state."
Bird noted that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney would have to win 60 percent in some states to overcome Obama's lead in early voting.
The Romney campaign, in return, commented that the early voting numbers for Obama are less compared to 2008 numbers.
In the swing state of Florida, which offers the most Electoral College votes among the 11 swing states with 29 votes, four million people have voted. The LA Times reported there are a little more than 100,000 registered than Republicans. However, more people are expected to vote on Election Day than early voting. In 2008, Arizona Senator John McCain, then-Republican presidential candidate, received the most votes in Florida during Election Day, but with the inclusion of early voting, Obama won their Electoral College votes.
According to the Miami Herald, Democrats have extended their lead in the early voting by 133,000 votes. However, the numbers could be unlikely based on polling information collected by Real Clear Politics (RCP), which has shown polling figures consistently going for Romney's favor and he is currently projected to win the state.
According to a Miami Herald poll, Romney "gets more crossover votes" than the president and is winning in early voting numbers.
The numbers in cumulate early voting and absentee ballot, according to the Miami Herald, are Democrats with 1,836,178 votes to the Republicans' 1,702,695, with Independents tallying 770,713.
For the other swing state of Ohio, their Secretary of State Jon Husted confirmed 1.6 million Ohioans casted their absentee ballot.
"Voting has gone smoothly in Ohio and we expect that trend to continue through the close of the polls on Election Day," Husted said in a statement on Saturday. "As voters continue to take advantage of the hours remaining to vote absentee in person and by mail, absentee voting for 2012 is on track to surpass 2008."
Absentee ballots are still being accepted as long as it is postmarked by Nov. 5 and received no later than Nov. 16. Voters could also return their ballots to their respective board of elections office in person no later than the closure of the polls on Election Day.
To view the county-by-county numbers from Ohio, click here. George Mason University has also compiled early voting statistics from most US states.
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