Speaking to a cheering crowd in Arizona’s largest county on Oct. 24, former President Donald Trump said early voting returns were “the biggest anyone’s ever seen,” and the Republican nominee believes he could be headed for a landslide over his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, if present trends continue.
As of Oct. 23, more than 1 million ballots had been cast in Arizona’s early voting, which began Oct. 9; 434,000 ballots came from Republicans, nearly 69,000 ballots ahead of the Democrats’ total of about 365,000, along with another 232,000 “other” returns, according to data compiled by Uplift Campaigns, a media firm that assists Democratic campaigns.
Although Trump said the early totals look promising, he urged fellow Republicans to aggressively get out the vote for the Nov. 5 election. He also said Republicans were remaining vigilant in a state where many Republicans have had concerns over election integrity since 2020, when then-candidate Joe Biden, a Democrat, was declared the winner of Arizona and the presidency.“We are watching very studiously,” he told rallygoers who filled the 5,000-seat Mullett Arena at Arizona State University in Tempe.
