More than 78 million US citizens took advantage of the opportunity to vote early before the elections to be held on November 5, according to data published by Florida State University, Report informs via TASS.

According to the report, more than 42.6 million people attended polling stations, and about 35.3 million voted by mail.

The total number of registered voters in the United States is about 168 million. The highest turnout was recorded in Texas (8.9 million votes), Florida (8.1 million), California (7.6 million), North Carolina (4.4 million) and Georgia (4 million).