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> I’m honestly baffled why people are against mail in voting. Because it's bad for their side. Mail in voting massively improves Democratic turnout for a lot o
by aphextron 6y ago
> I’m honestly baffled why people are against mail in voting.
Because it's bad for their side. Mail in voting massively improves Democratic turnout for a lot of reasons. And when Democrats actually turn out, they win every time. It's the same reason they support gerrymandering and voter ID laws. It has nothing to do with what's "fair" or "democratic" and everything to do with ensuring their ideology doesn't have to hold up in an actual fair election.
- gumby 6y agoDespite several studies there’s no evidence that mail in voting favors one party over another.
- 37474783rur 6y agoWhat key words or journals should I look into if I want to read more about this? It's hard to filter out the noise machines blasting in every direction.
- gumby 6y agoOn both fraud and bias: Here’s the Brookline’s Institute, a pretty neutral bunch, on fraud: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/06/02/low-rates-of-fraud-in-vote-by-mail-states-show-the-benefits-outweigh-the-risks/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/06/02/low-rates-o... Some analysis from first principles on both fraud and bias: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/there-is-no-evidence-that-voting-by-mail-gives-one-party-an-advantage/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/there-is-no-evidence-th... This non partisan group did detailed analysis of two elections, all of Colorado in 2014 and of Utah in 2016 looking at turnout and bias. https://voteathome.org/ https://voteathome.org/ If you want more academic work there’s quite a bit of it done by economics and political science profs. Just search for “mail vote bias”
- lightlyused 6y agoIt could be said that it is harder to suppress the vote of the other party when everybody has equal access through mail in voting.