Michelle Obama encouraging voting by mail (photo: Jocelyn Augustino/Obama for America)We all know Donald Trump has bad-mouthed and demonized voting by mail because Democrats tend to use the voting method more than Republicans.
Plus, with the ongoing pandemic, Dems have (in general) been more likely to embrace safety guidelines regarding the COVID-19 crisis than Repubs.
Which brings me to these tweets.
While we don’t know which presidential candidate received votes in the returned ballots, if the majority of ballots are for the party aligned with the voter, you can see why Trump has been so vocal about mail-in ballots.
As of today:
• Florida – Democrats 791,730; Republicans 450,447; No Party 287,704
• North Carolina – Democrats 238,789; Republicans 81,913; No Party 142,633
• Maine – Democrats 56,623; Republicans 16,623; No Party 18,502
• Iowa – Democrats 59,768; Republicans 23,247; No Party 12,917
• Pennsylvania – Democrats 198,448; Republicans 42,447; No party 19,448
As Amy Siskind says below, we need to build up these “cushions” because the Trumpers will show up as well.
Florida just updated returned ballots again:
Democrats – 791,730
Republicans – 450,447
No Party – 287,704We are building up some nice cushion in a state where Trump *encouraged* his supporters to vote!
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) October 10, 2020
Senate battleground – early voting – returned and accepted by party:
MAINE:
Democrats – 56,623
Republicans- 16,623
No Party – 18,502IOWA:
D – 59,768
R – 23,247
No – 12,917Support @SaraGideon and @GreenfieldIowa
8.9 million Americans have voted so far. Get out our vote!
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) October 10, 2020
Other battlegrounds – early voting – returned ballots:
PENNSYLVANIA – coming in fast and furious!
Dems – 198,448
Reps – 42,447
No Party – 19,448NORTH CAROLINA:
D – 228,740
R- 77,423
No – 135,5338.3 million Americans have voted – 6% of all who voted in 2016.
— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) October 9, 2020
Obligatory reminder:
I know the polls and the early voting numbers are encouraging, but we can easily screw that up by not voting.
Don’t get complacent now. Vote.
— Angry Staffer (@AngrierWHStaff) October 10, 2020