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It's in the article I shared in the GP >Starting early this year, the coronavirus pandemic prompted millions of voters across the country to request mail-in ba
by astura 6y ago
It's in the article I shared in the GP
>Starting early this year, the coronavirus pandemic prompted millions of voters across the country to request mail-in ballots in order to avoid exposure to the virus at the polls. And while the party breakdown for mail-in ballots started off fairly even, it split off after Trump launched a monthslong crusade to discredit mail-in voting.
>As Election Day neared, some states, like Florida and North Carolina, tallied up the mail-in ballots they received ahead of time, and then released that total soon after the polls closed on Election Day, and before they finished counting up the in-person votes... they tended to show early leads for Biden which disappeared once all the in-person votes (which tended to favor Trump) were counted. This was dubbed the blue mirage.
Also
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2020/10/09/voter-engagement-and-interest-voting-by-mail-and-in-person/ https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2020/10/09/voter-engage...
>Trump supporters are more than twice as likely as Biden supporters to say they plan to vote in person on Election Day (50% vs. 20%). By contrast, 51% of Biden supporters say they plan to vote by mail or absentee (or have already voted this way). A quarter of Trump supporters (25%) say they plan to vote by mail or absentee.