{"id":9857,"date":"2020-08-26T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T19:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/biden-supporters-in-states-where-it-is-hardest-to-vote-by-mail-are-most-concerned-about-voting-this-fall\/"},"modified":"2024-04-13T22:25:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T03:25:36","slug":"biden-supporters-in-states-where-it-is-hardest-to-vote-by-mail-are-most-concerned-about-voting-this-fall","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2020\/08\/26\/biden-supporters-in-states-where-it-is-hardest-to-vote-by-mail-are-most-concerned-about-voting-this-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden supporters in states where it is hardest to vote by mail are most concerned about voting this fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Poll workers deposit mail-in ballots on primary day on August 18, 2020, in Doral, Florida. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As Election Day draws closer, it is difficult to recall a presidential election for which the act of voting has been more contentious and potentially more confusing. Voters living in states with different voting procedures have divergent views about the challenges of voting this fall \u2013 with the sharpest differences among those who support Joe Biden for president, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In general, voters in states where elections are conducted solely by mail or where absentee ballots are widely available are more likely than those in other states to say it will be easy to vote for them personally. About six-in-ten registered voters (61%) in the five states where elections are conducted entirely by mail expect voting to be easy. That compares with about half (53%) of voters in the four states and Washington, D.C., that do not conduct their elections entirely by mail but will be mailing ballots to all registered voters, and in the 34 states where mail ballots are available to any voters by request this year (51%). (See the appendix<\/a> for details about the state classification.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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