No, Democrats didn’t steal ‘every election in the country’ with mail ballots, and they didn’t win every election, either.
Connecticut ballot initiative on early voting would"remove the requirement of a certified seal from certain ballots."Michael McDonald, a political science professor at the University of Florida who tracks pre-Election Day turnout for hisAccording to his, more than 58.1 million mail ballots were requested across the country, and more than 25.4 million were returned before Election Day.
In recent elections, Democrats voted by mail more than Republicans. Between 2008 and 2016, Democrats were slightly more likely to vote by mail than Republicans,. In 2020, the partisan difference in voting by mail increased"substantially." But even if the number of mail ballots reaches 47 million, they weren’t all cast by Democrats, as the post suggests.
Finally, the post is wrong that no incumbents lost their elections. It’s true that Democrats fared better than expected, but they didn't all keep their seats. In Virginia, Republican state Sen. Jen Kiggans
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