Key Points
• While the 2020 presidential election saw a record volume of absentee votes cast, not all states made it equally accessible.
• Eased absentee voting rules contributed to higher voter participation rates.
• With higher turnout, President Joe Biden’s performance still tracked closely with Hillary Clinton’s state-by-state results in 2016 — he just performed slightly better across the board.
• All told, the sharp increase in absentee voting in 2020 wasn’t disproportionately beneficial to either presidential candidate. CONTINUED
Alan I. Abramowitz (Emory), Sabato’s Crystal Ball