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US President Barack Obama has joined thousands of fellow American voters in casting an early ballot. He stopped in at a polling center in his hometown of Chicago.
Obama is the first president to vote early . He’s on a two-day campaign marathon across eight states. His Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, is in Ohio. That swing state could hold the key to the White House. A new national poll say Romney has 47 to 50 percent support among likely voters.
The president’s ballot casting on Thursday is part of his campaign’s wider effort to encourage early voting. Many states are holding open in-person polls this week. First Lady Michelle Obama voted by absentee ballot a week ago Monday. It’s estimated that 7.2 million people have already cast early ballots, and that about 35 percent of the electorate will have done so by polling day.
中国公共新闻摘编：GAN JADE |
