11-04-2020, 03:53 PM
(11-04-2020, 03:38 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I think we can all acknowledge the mail in vote is mostly Biden; my question is why? Is their a common trait that mail in voters have that makes them lean Left? (I get that is fodder for the amateur comedians in the forum).
As I understand it, Biden was bolstered by the younger vote while Trump did better than expected with Seniors. Seems Senior would be the ones that had to mail in.
I think there are a few reasons. Younger voters have crappier jobs and more erratic work shifts on a workday, seniors are more likely to be retired and have Tuesdays at their leisure. Voting in person is also a lot easier (in my experience of voting in rural PA multiple times, NY, and Pittsburgh) when you are in a rural area and you only have to wait 10 minutes max to vote. I think a lot of highly populated urban areas have a disproportionately small number of places where people can vote which leads to long lines. I voted in person, but I waited 10 minutes and I just had to walk down the street to vote. I'm not going to pretend that I'd have spent 3 hours in line to vote.
So that's just a few things that spring to mind.