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Trump supporters adjust their hats as they walk towards a shuttle bus to be transported to a Trump rally
ALMOST 100 million US citizens cast early votes in the 2020 race for the White House, with voter turnout set to be one of the largest for presidential elections this century.
With the result due after the Morning Star went to press, Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden was ahead in the polls, though the race was believed to be tight in the so-called swing states.
According to the US Elections Project, 99,657,079 voters cast their ballots early prior to November 3. This figure exceeds the 47 million who chose to vote early in 2016.
International solidarity can ensure that Trump and his machine cannot prevail without a level of political and economic cost that he will not want to pay, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
ANDREW MURRAY looks back on the ignominious career of the former US vice-president, who died earlier this week
Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
