Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman have a big debate on Oct. 25, but it comes well after mail voting starts in Pennsylvania. Does that matter? How many votes will be cast before it airs? We dig in.
As soon as Lt. Gov. John Fetterman accepted a debate invitation for Oct. 25, Mehmet Oz said their matchup would fall too late in the cycle — two weeks before Election Day — given people could start voting by mail as early as late September. He criticized Fetterman for declining earlier debates.
The difference is many more people vote by mail now than in 2018, when Sen. Bob Casey and Lou Barletta held their first Senate debate Oct 21. In more ways than one, it’s a made-for-TV matchup. So how many votes will be cast before it airs? We wanted to dig into it.What are supervised injection sites, and why are they an issue in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race?Yes, the 2022 vote-by-mail numbers will look a lot different from the past, but we know from recent elections that most voters will still vote in person Nov. 8. Even most mail ballots tend to be cast in the final two weeks.
Now, a quick public service announcement: Even if voters tend to mail in ballots in the final days, it doesn’t mean you should cut it close. Ballots must be received by 8 p.m. Election Day. Postmarks don’t count.The kind of person who knows to request a mail ballot and sends it in early typically also is informed about the election and whom they support.
The pool of persuadable potential Oz voters is also limited by the fact that Democrats remain much more likely to vote by mail than Republicans.Mehmet Oz is facing accusations of animal abuse tied to his medical research. Here’s what you need to know.With the lack of policy discussion we’ve seen in this race, this one-hour debate could be more influential than most.Will he support Sen.
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