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Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington and Utah conduct their elections entirely by mail. This covers perhaps 10+ million registered voters. At what level would
by runako 7y ago
Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington and Utah conduct their elections entirely by mail. This covers perhaps 10+ million registered voters.
At what level would you consider the scale sufficient for these effects to appear?
- malandrew 7y agoThree of those four state are reliably blue. The real reward is for swing states.
- wool_gather 7y ago(I assume you were picking OR, HI, WA, and CO, not UT.) EDIT: parent has been edited since I posted to say "Three of those four state are..." rather than "Four states that are..." Half of Colorado's Congressional delegation is Republican and Clinton won the state in 2016 only by a bare plurality (48% to 43%). (UT of course is quite solidly Republican.)
- breischl 7y agoColorado at least is _not_ entirely by mail. It's an option, and a good one, and I personally use it, but it's not mandatory. To my sibling comment - "reliably blue" lol. Only in the last 3 presidential elections, and the House & Senate are split evenly. https://www.270towin.com/states/Colorado https://www.270towin.com/states/Colorado https://www.270towin.com/elected-officials/colorado https://www.270towin.com/elected-officials/colorado
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- natch 7y agoIt all depends on the cultural context. In a place where people fiercely guard and take pride in their right to a secret ballot (such as many parts of the US) it’s not likely to be a problem. In fledgling democracies it’s more likely. So it would be foolish to pin it down to a single level.