another spike in COVID-19 cases that has hit much of the country. Among those braving the polls were voters who may have wanted to vote by mail but waited too long to request a ballot or those who didn’t receive their ballots in time.Others were likely persuaded by the president’s rhetoric attacking mail voting or who simply preferred to vote in person.
With Democrats dominating the early vote, Republicans were expected to comprise a large share of Tuesday's voting.In the months leading up to Election Day, election officials had to deal with a pandemic that has infected more than 9 million Americans and killed more than 230,000, forcing them to make systemic changes largely on the fly and mostly without federal money.