Tuesday''s Gone - Americas Early Voting Revolution

Election Day, as it was once known, is no more. In 2020, with COVID-19 raging, over 60 percent of American voters cast early ballots. Even before the pandemic, more than one-third of voters routinely did so. Early voting represents a radical change in American elections. It means new options for voters, new procedures for election clerks, and new challenges for political candidates. In Tuesday's Gone, Elliott Fullmer explores the effects of this new reality. Applying new data and innovative methods, he reports that early voting is bringing new citizens to the polls. Examining four recent elections, he finds that both early in-person and absentee options increase turnout by several points when aggressively implemented by state and local officials. But early voting does come with some side effects. Fullmer cautions that early voting increases down-ballot roll-off, widens racial disparities in voting access, and alters the competitive environment in presidential nomination contests.

List of contents

Chapter 1: The Early Voting Story
Chapter 2: Early Voting and County Turnout
Chapter 3: Early Voting and Individual Turnout
Chapter 4: Early Voting and Down-Ballot Roll-Off
Chapter 5: Early Voting and Racial Inequity
Chapter 6: Early Voting and Presidential Nominations

About the author

By Elliott Fullmer

Summary

Early voting means new options for voters, a new set of procedures for election clerks, and new challenges for political candidates and operatives. In Tuesday's Gone, Elliott Fullmer explores the many effects of this radical change in U.S. elections, concluding that early voting - on balance - enhances the quality of American democracy.

Product details

• Authors: Elliott Fullmer, Elliott B. Fullmer
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781793652065
• ISBN: 978-1-79365-206-5
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Voting, Elections, and the Political Process
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Political structures: democracy, United States of America, USA, Political campaigning & advertising, Elections & referenda, Central / national / federal government, Central government