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Until very recently, Republicans had an edge in mail-in voting, however after Trump started deriding it, a not small number of Republican voters stopped using it.
Also skewing the numbers is that Democratic-led states largely allow everyone to vote by mail if they'd like, whereas Republican-led states strictly limit mail-in voting to people who meet certain criteria. This means that Democrats are overrepresented when you look at a national count. Oregon and Washington don't even have in-person voting, only vote by mail. Republican-led states limiting mail-in voting predates Trump though, because they try to limit anything they can related to voting.
Good point. This was part of Trump's plan in 2020. He told his followers to vote in person, then declared victory on election night before any mail ballots could be realistically counted. Playing into the idea that it was "stolen" because "he was ahead on election night." As if he hadn't orchestrated the whole thing.
Afaik mail-in ballots were not the deciding factor in the 2020 election, which Trump lost handily. He was never ahead on election night, though that wouldn't stop him from claiming it
He was briefly "ahead" in very early vote totals, when in person voting was mostly counted and mail in ballots were mostly uncounted. I remember when Trump declared victory it was not yet midnight pacific time on election night.
https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-trump-falsely-and-prematurely-claims-2020-presidential-victory/19370968/
It was kinda a key thing in the 2020 election. The whole "stop the count" thing. They wanted to stop counting while Trump was still technically ahead in vote totals. He specifically told his followers to vote in person "to make sure their votes counted." Another key detail is that some Republican states had rules against counting mail ballots before midnight, so they were excluded from the total when he declared victory.
Yeah, Trump is just a blowhard who can't accept losing. (He's also a liar, but I'm not sure he doesn't genuinely believe the election was rigged).
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