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The Surprising New Data On Vote-By-Mail
The Surprising New Data On Vote-By-Mail
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42 minutes
Released:
May 6, 2020
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One of the increasingly prominent concerns around the coronavirus is how we’ll handle voting in the 2020 election. Democrats have called for a blanket vote-by-mail system, while Trump and the Republicans have said that system would disproportionately favor Democrats. But what does the research and data tell us about vote by mail systems? A recent paper from soon to be Asst. Prof at UCLA, Dan Thompson, provides us with the newest and cleanest data available about the effects of vote-by-mail on turn out and partisans differences in elections. The results are surprising, and should completely change the debate over vote-by-mail. Link to paper: https://siepr.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/publications/20-015.pdf
Released:
May 6, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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