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Originally Posted by GGG
I’d argue polling access is what led to lower turn out. Someone would need to do the analysis but a lot of areas became more restrictive
List of laws to restrict or enhance early voting
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-wo...september-2024
Since the 2013 Supreme Court ruling softening the voting rights act 1 in 5 polling locations have closed
https://abcnews.go.com/US/protecting...y?id=114990347
Relative to 2020 it was more difficult to vote.
If you look at Michigan total number of votes increased. They expanded early voting options.
But keep in mind that only about 92% of the vote has been counted so the actual difference is only about 2 million out of 154 million votes. |
In terms of total vote, I haven't looked at breakdown between early and election day, the numbers are up in Georgia and North Carolina which are often talked about as states that are trying to become the most restrictive. Iowa and Florida, another two states often discussed, were essentially flat between 2020 and 2024. In Georgia and NC, Harris did better than Biden and in Iowa it was basically flat. Harris significantly underperformed Biden in Florida and I don't know if that is rules based or just because of the candidate.