Early voting update: Black vote declining

A dip in African-American turnout has knocked Democratic early voting numbers off their 2012 pace in key battleground states like North Carolina. The trend is also evident in early vote data from other swing states that could play key roles in deciding the election, including Florida and Georgia. More Latino voters, however, are among the […]

A dip in African-American turnout has knocked Democratic early voting numbers off their 2012 pace in key battleground states like North Carolina.
The trend is also evident in early vote data from other swing states that could play key roles in deciding the election, including Florida and Georgia.
More Latino voters, however, are among the more than 24.4 million American voters who have already cast their ballots — including 12.4 million in battleground states — according to a CNN analysis of the latest early voting numbers.
Republicans appear to be in better position than they were in previous presidential elections in Florida, Iowa, North Carolina and Ohio, while Democrats have improved their standing in Colorado and Arizona.

Tit-bits
– At least four states allow voters to change or cancel their early ballots, including battlegrounds Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
– As at 2nd November, The BBC poll of polls sees Clinton with 48% and Trump with 46%.
– Clinton still leads Trump in the CNN Poll of Polls, an average of the five most recent national phone polls, 46%-42%.
– Donald Trump has a slim one-point lead, his first time ahead in an ABC/WaPo poll since May.