Political scientist predicts highest U.S. voter turnout rate in more than a century in 2020 election

ORLANDO, Fla. — 62 million people nationwide have already cast their ballot in the 2020 election. In Florida, those numbers are just as impressive.

More than 40% of registered voters have made their voices heard in the state.

Early voting for this election has now surpassed all preelection 2016 ballots cast, and we are still more than a week away from Election Day.

Who will win the presidency? There are already so many polls and so many predictions.

Dr. Michael McDonald, out of the University of Florida, forecasts a winner using all the voting data he collects from across the country.

“Many people consider them to be the authoritative turnout for the United States,” McDonald said.

His numbers are trusted, reliable and counted on. He started the United States Election Project back in 2008.

“A million-plus hits later to the website, I realized that I was going to be producing these data for eternity, as it seems,” McDonald said.

Before we get to eternity, let’s focus on this election.

As of Monday night, his data shows 62,014,329 million people have already voted.

McDonald predicts 150 million people will vote in the election, marking the highest turnout rate the U.S. has seen in more than a century.

See the full report in the video above.

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