I see this come up a lot in discussions about voting in America. Postal votes disproportionately go to Democrats, hence the Democrats want to expand postal voting while Republicans want to restrict it (and insist there is totally a bunch of fraud going on).

I’ve googled with a few search engines and haven’t found a convincing reason. Lots of evidence that the skew is real, but no explanation as to why. Indeed, if one just looks at demographics, one would expect postal voting to benefit Republicans by facilitating votes from people in the countryside who live far away from voting centers.

So what actually gives?

  • BigTrout75@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 hours ago

    I’ve wondered this too. My only guess is if you mess with US Mail there are strict federal laws that protect it. Plus it gives time to read, research and discuss what you’re voting for. LOL, oh and my wife tells me who to vote for.

    Can’t speak for the ballot boxes but there always seems to be some stories about missing ballots. Or people waiting out side for hours in November.