Republican National Committee (RNC) co-chair Lara Trump seemed encouraged by the early voting signs, calling the former president’s defense of early voting “really great.” This is a clear reversal from past remarks.
“I think it was great to see him fully participate in not only early voting but also mail-in voting and understanding how important that is to winning on election night,” Lara Trump said in an interview. NewsNation’s Black Burman asked whether he thought he was “keeping up” with the former president’s changing opinions.
President Trump has criticized early voting in the past, but has recently changed his stance.
Burman noted that in the 25 states for which he had early voting data, 43% were Democrats and 35% were Republicans, which he called an “improvement” for the Republican Party.
Lara Trump responded, “I think traditionally Republicans tend to go to the polls on Election Day, before Donald Trump.”
North Carolina and Georgia saw record turnouts on their first days of early voting.
More than 350,000 ballots were cast in the Tar Heel State, surpassing the number of votes cast on the first day of early voting in 2020.
Georgia’s secretary of state said the first-day vote total was more than double the record.
According to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) election forecast, Harris leads Trump 48.7% to 47.8%.
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