If only ______ ballots were counted
If only ______ ballots were counted
Always remember that policy universally is promoted to further the agenda of a given party! Many republican politicians opt for the abolition of early/absentee voting, and democrats the opposite. Bear in mind that these policies are not just ideological rhetoric, but political play, intended to benefit the ruling party rather than the wider people.
Big ol’ asterisk on the 2020 election, though:
- Covid
- Wide action to change voting to get around Covid
- Wide belief among Republicans that Covid wasn’t real
- Ergo, wide movement against changing elections around Covid
For these reasons alone, using any election map like this from 2020 is outside any norm. What about the 2016 or 2012 map? It may look similar, but won’t be nearly as drastic.
Good point! I’ll see if the author has the same map for any previous elections.
Edit: So it seems like the maps were made as a part of a series by u/DustinGibson a while back. As far as I know, he has not posted any other elections.
As someone who voted blue, part of my motivation to not do it on election day was to avoid being harassed by Trump's poll
watchersintimidators.I can't say whether the conclusion you've drawn from the maps is right or wrong. But I can say that the analysis is probably incomplete. Because does that pattern hold out in other elections too?
Yeah, I understand that, and I’ve made the conscious decision to remove the commentary as I’ve realized my error. I am interested in how this pattern may hold up in prior elections. I’ll have to do some more looking.
I propose a new title to this post:
What would happen if every barrier to voting was removed vs what would happen if Republicans were allowed to implement all of the voter suppression tactics they can imagine.
Are you saying that if only in person ballots were counted, Trump wins every state?
How are states with mail in voting counted? We don’t vote at a polling station (and it’s glorious) on Election Day. We typically vote well before hand. They just get counted on Election Day.
God if we get Trump/Biden or either one of them again as a candidate I’m going to throw a fucking fit.