We have clues, but we don’t know the whole story—and won’t for a while.
early voting
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The Vote-by-Mail Switcheroo
It’s hard to imagine, given the right wing’s freak-out about vote by mail, but when the Washington Monthly first championed the idea a decade ago, the biggest pushback we got was from the left. Democratic operatives assumed that mailing every registered voter a ballot would advantage the GOP because most voters who utilized absentee ballots […]
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Early Voting Spells Trouble for Republicans. Here’s Why.
What we know about early voting isn’t conclusive but it shows trends buoying Democrats
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Trump Has Destroyed the GOP’s Vote-by-Mail Advantage in Florida
The swing state’s Republicans have historically used the mail-in option far more than Democrats.
