Donald Trump Casts Vote Early For ‘A Guy Named Trump’ In Florida

US President Donald Trump has voted early in his adopted home of Florida.

Mr Trump joined more than 54 million Americans who have cast early ballots at a record-setting pace ahead of the November 3 election.

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The president voted at a library in West Palm Beach, near his Mar-a-Lago estate, after switching his permanent residence and voter registration last year from New York to Florida, a must-win battleground for his re-election bid.

“I voted for a guy named Trump,” he told reporters after casting his ballot.


Democratic rival Joe Biden and his wife Jill also hit the campaign trail on Saturday, travelling to the battleground of Pennsylvania for two events.

Former President Barack Obama will campaign in Florida, making his second appearance on behalf of his former vice president after a stop in Pennsylvania on Wednesday.

With 10 days to go in the campaign, about 54.2 million Americans have already cast early ballots, a pace that could lead to the highest voter turnout in more than a century, according to data from the U.S. Elections Project.

TrumpThe rush to vote is a sign of the intense interest in the contest between Mr Trump and Mr Biden, as well as concerns about avoiding crowded polling places on Election Day and reducing the risk of exposure to the coronavirus, which has killed more than 224,000 Americans.

The United States set a single-day record of more than 84,000 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with the spike in infections hitting battlegrounds including Ohio, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Many states have expanded in-person early voting and mail-in ballots as a safer way to vote during the pandemic.Photo Credit: Getty

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