Mail in

The use of mail in ballots is in the news because Trump wants to eliminate them. The numbers are difficult to explain. In the presidential election of 2016, there were 33 million mail in ballots, in 2020 the number rose to 65 million and then in 2024 declined to 48 million. Most of the increase in 2020 went to Biden. In 2016 Hillary got 65 million votes and in 2020 Biden got 81 million. This increase of 15 million coincides with the increase in mail in ballots. Some feel that the pandemic had some thing to do with the results.