A Vermont resident wants people to vote in the 2020 election because of its importance, and based on early voting numbers, tens of millions agree.
Lyndonville resident Mike Codding, a semi-retired computer programmer, told NE Vermont News that he would vote in every race on the ballot come Tuesday, Nov. 3.
"The direction of the country is at stake," Codding said.
Based on statistics from the U.S. Election Project, more than 180,500 people in Vermont have voted early for the 2020 elections. Nationwide, as of Oct. 23, the real-time tracking site reported at least 52 million ballots already cast.
The Vermont voter doesn't want to see the socialist politics and high regulations of the Biden-Harris administration wind up in the White House.
"We definitely do not want to go down the high tax route, and I don't want to go down the Green New Deal route."
He said he's approved of the Trump-era economy and that the president's administration has been putting America first.
"And putting the veterans first. I happen to be a veteran, so that was important to me," Codding, who spent four years with the U.S. Air Force from 1976 to 1980, said. "I just all around like what Trump is doing. It seems like it's been working and I want it to continue to work."
Codding feels it's important to vote in every election, but there's a lot at stake in this one.
"The economy and foreign policy are pretty top on the agenda for me," he said, "because people have to have jobs and be able to afford to live."
The Trump administration has handled the economy and foreign policy well, Codding said, and he hopes to see that continue.
For America's undecided voters, Codding said that election races can be determined by a small number of votes that every tally counts at all times.
"It's extremely important for your kids' future, too," Codding said. "So that's the future of the country. Past elections do have consequences, and if you don't vote, you can't complain about what's going on."
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