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Assessing the Impact of Absentee Voting on Turnout and Democratic Vote Margin in 2020
A Commentary By Alan I. Abramowitz
Thursday, February 25, 2021
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE While the 2020 presidential election saw a record volume of absentee votes cast, not all states made it equally accessible. Eased absentee voting rules contributed to higher voter participation rates. With higher turnout, President Joe Biden’s performance still tracked closely with Hillary Clinton’s state-by-state results in 2016 he just performed slightly better across the board.
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Sign up! All told, the sharp increase in absentee voting in 2020 wasn’t disproportionately beneficial to either presidential candidate.