In last year's local elections in Manchester a third of those who voted did so by post. It's not just that people are choosing to get postal votes, but having one makes it much more likely that they'll vote.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Election Day outside of big cities is different. For one thing, there are so few people in my town that each individual vote really does matter, and several local races have been decided by as many votes as you can count on one hand.
Voting has proliferated in the United States, and it has reached a point where there is now almost one vote available per citizen over the age of eighteen.
According to the U.S. Census, the most common reason people give for not voting is that they were too busy or had conflicting work or school schedules.
Of course, it is always nice to poll well, but if you don't get representatives elected, then what is the point?
If we go by the National Popular Vote, we'll get more people voting.
Voter turnout comes down to organizing, educating, activating.
The United States Postal Service has a problem. People aren't sending as much mail as they used to. That means less postage revenue and difficulty paying the bills.
Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point the pollsters will probably say you will win.
Because Washington state now votes by mail, elections here tend to play out, at an agonizingly slow speed, over many days and, sometimes, weeks.
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.