Pennsylvania Mail-In Ballot Requests Still Heavily Favor Democrats—Turnout Will Be Key

We're always reminded that, in instances of polling, crunching statistics, and so on, we should be looking not at individual events or surveys but at trends. A recent trend out of Pennsylvania is interesting - but Republican voters should not get too happy over these results. Advertisement PA mail-in ballot requests: 2020, 50 days before the election: 🔵Dems: 1,101,962 (+725,000) 🔴GOP: 376,956 2024, 50 days before the election: 🔵Dems: 798,946 (+477,869) 🔴GOP: 321,077 If this is how the mail-in breakdown ends up, we are in a phenomenal position.

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 17, 2024 The same account makes a compelling observation. Pennsylvania is the ballgame, folks. Register today.



Close the gap.https://t.co/vXFNzOpEqQ — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 17, 2024 This is good advice.

Pennsylvanian Republicans should be stepping up their turnout game. But it's an open question about how good this news is for Republicans in Pennsylvania or the Trump/Vance campaign. What these numbers look like is this: The GOP isn't taking quite as bad a drubbing in mail-in voting as they did in the last presidential election.

Yes, Democrats tend to use mail-in voting and early voting more than Republicans do. Yes,..

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