November 3rd is the official date for the US presidential election. But already more than 50 million Americans have cast their votes. The incumbent himself is one of them. But in contrast to ordinary citizens, Trump’s visit to a polling station in Florida is short-lived. US President Donald Trump has made use of the opportunity to cast his vote early in the presidential election. Trump went to a polling station in a library in West Palm Beach, Florida. “I voted for a guy named Trump,” he said afterwards on the television cameras. West Palm Beach on Florida’s Atlantic coast is Trump’s official residence next to the White House. The real estate mogul, who was once registered in New York, owns a golf resort there. “It was a very safe vote. Much safer than sending a ballot, I can tell you,” said Trump. He was alluding to the issue of postal votes, which also make it possible to cast your vote. Florida is one of the states that let their residents vote before the official election date on November 3rd. So far, more than 50 million people have cast their votes in polling stations or by letter. In the 2016 presidential election, a total of almost 139 million Americans voted. In view of the corona crisis, more people than usual are using the opportunity to vote early.

After there have been concerns in recent months that ballot papers sent by letter might not arrive on time, many people are willing to wait for hours to vote personally. This was the case in New York, for example, where polling stations opened for early votes on weekends. Trump has been claiming for months that with mass ballots sent by post, the risk of election fraud increases dramatically. Experts and electoral authorities meanwhile emphasize that there is no evidence for this. The Democrats warn against an attempt by the Republican president to sow doubts about the election result.

Biden continues to lead in the polls

In the last presidential election four years ago, a total of 47 million US citizens took advantage of the opportunity to vote early. This time, according to data from the US Elections Project by political scientist Michael McDonald of the University of Florida, there are 56 million. Almost 17.5 million of them would have voted personally and around 38.5 million by letter. Trump had joked during a campaign appearance in Florida on Friday that he would, if necessary, stand in line for two hours to vote. In fact, the Secret Service had secured the polling station hours before the arrival of the president, as reported by the TV broadcaster CNN. On TV pictures it could be seen that the street in front of it was completely cordoned off. Trump’s spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany confirmed to fellow journalists that there were no other voters in the library. Trump is behind Democratic challenger Joe Biden in polls ten days before the election date. The president is trying to turn things around by campaigning in potentially crucial states. For today alone he has scheduled three gigs in North Carolina, Ohio and Wisconsin. Regardless of the rapidly increasing number of corona infections, thousands of supporters gather for the Trump speeches, many of them do not wear masks. Biden plans to speak twice in Pennsylvania today, with singer Jon Bon Jovi joining one of the gigs. In the Corona crisis, the Democrat relies on small events with strict distance rules. Among other things, his supporters often sit in their cars in parking lots.

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