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Vote-by-Mail: COVID-19 and the 2020 Presidential Primaries
In this year of pandemic, it seems assured that a record number of citizens will choose to vote by mail. But approval of this method of voting appears increasingly divided along partisan lines, thanks in part to President Trump’s declamations. Evidence from the presidential primaries held earlier th...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer US
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7595058/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33144746 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12115-020-00531-1 |
Sumario: | In this year of pandemic, it seems assured that a record number of citizens will choose to vote by mail. But approval of this method of voting appears increasingly divided along partisan lines, thanks in part to President Trump’s declamations. Evidence from the presidential primaries held earlier this year indicates that allegiance to the president, as well as relative lack of concern about the COVID-19 virus, made voters less likely to choose to vote by mail. |
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