- The article will be published on March 5 and examine how the absence of votes affected the US election in 2020.
- It concludes that Democrats would also vote less early in person or on election day.
- The study adds that there was already a high degree of motivation to participate and that the votes by mail did not lead to an increase in votes.
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Ballot papers did not help Democrats or lead to an increase in voting during the election, according to a new study from Stanford University.
The article will be published on March 5 and examines how the absence of votes affected the 2020 U.S. election by studying the turnout in Texas, a state that has decided not to facilitate the turnaround system process, although many others prefer it. has due to the pandemic.
While Texan voters aged 65 and older could automatically vote by mail, younger people had to give a legally justifiable reason to do so, for example, to be disabled, reports the Associated Press.
Both age groups had the same turnout with only 0.2% more Democrats in the older one, showing that the ballots did not increase Democrats’ share of the vote, the AP added.
While Democrats in 2020 were more likely to vote by post than Republicans, it did not help win the election because it was equally less likely to vote early in person or on election day, the study found.
It also revealed that there was a slightly higher percentage among 65-year-olds compared to 64-year-olds in 2014 and 2018, indicating that the absence of votes increases the election.
The study concluded that it did not increase voter turnout because it was already a major measure of motivation to run in the 2020 election.
Jesse Yoder, one of the eight authors of the article and a PhD student in political science at Stanford University, told AP: “We find a fairly precise effect on the turnout. The interest of the voters has the turnout. more driven than these forms of casual voices. “
Republicans unjustifiably maintained that the expansion of the ballots by mail was a major reason why Donald Trump lost the election and legally challenged various states over their decision to do so.
In Georgia, for example, there are suggestions for absentee voters to require identification as well as a reason, reports The Guardian.
Meanwhile, some Democrats in Congress are also calling for a nationwide change that requires every state to offer a ‘no-apology’ ballot to everyone, The Guardian added.