{"id":2341716,"date":"2024-09-16T08:58:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T12:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mass-mail-in-voting-is-democrats-new-blue-wall\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T09:11:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T13:11:46","slug":"mass-mail-in-voting-is-democrats-new-blue-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mass-mail-in-voting-is-democrats-new-blue-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Mail-In Voting Is Democrats&#8217; New &#8216;Blue Wall&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmass-mail-in-voting-is-democrats-new-blue-wall%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2341716&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The 2020 election was marked by a significant increase in mass mail-in\u2063 voting, particularly in states unfamiliar with the practice.\u200d This shift\u2064 was \u2062framed as a response to \u200dthe pandemic, and organizations like The\u2064 Center for Tech and Civic Life played a pivotal role in mobilizing mail-in ballots, notably benefiting Joe Biden in key states such as Michigan, Pennsylvania, and \u200dWisconsin. <\/p>\n<p>The traditional Democratic stronghold, referred to as the &#8220;Blue Wall,&#8221; was challenged in previous elections as many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signals-support-for-amazon-workers-vote-to-unionize\/\" title=\"Biden Signals Support For Amazon Workers\u2019 Vote To Unionize\">working-class voters<\/a>\u2064 turned to Donald Trump. In response, Democrats have embraced \u2064mail-in voting more fully, hoping it can serve as a new electoral \u200bstrategy that \u2062could restore their dominance in swing states.\u200d However, mass mail-in voting tends to favor urban and university voters\u2014key components \u200dof the Democratic base\u2014while \u200dundermining election \u2064integrity and the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-rfk-jr-s-coalition-help-swing-the-election-for-trump\/\" title=\"Can RFK Jr.\u2019s Coalition Help Swing The Election For Trump?\">traditional voting process<\/a>, particularly outside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-begins-israel-calls-up-thousands-of-troops-positions-heavy-machinery-for-ground-offensive\/\" title=\"IT BEGINS: Israel Calls Up Thousands Of Troops, Positions Heavy Machinery For Ground Offensive\">densely populated areas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the focus shifts from traditional voter mobilization to mail-in ballots, elections may reflect more about\u2064 the organizational capabilities of ballot harvesters and activists rather than genuine voter\u2063 sentiment. This trend is likely to continue into the\u200d 2024 election,\u200d where the success of Democratic candidates may depend on the effectiveness\u2062 of\u2064 their mail-in voting strategies rather than widespread public support. the article\u2062 suggests that the democratic \u200cprocess may be increasingly \u200csubject to manipulation by well<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-is-facing-an-immigration-crisis-not-a-george-floyd-moment\/\" title=\"France&#039;s immigration crisis is distinct from the &#039;George Floyd moment&#039;.\">-funded activist groups<\/a> rather than a true reflection of voter choices.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The most striking feature of the contentious 2020 election was the sudden explosion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/how-mail-voting-became-democratic-electoral-strategy-opinion-1637676\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mass mail-in voting<\/a> in states that had little experience with it, and the unprecedented levels of election interference that occurred as left-leaning nonprofit organizations such as <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/13\/mark-zuckerberg-spent-419m-on-nonprofits-ahead-of-2020-election-and-got-out-the-dem-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Center for Tech and Civic Life (which was behind &ldquo;Zuckbucks&rdquo;)<\/a> and Democrat &ldquo;lawfare&rdquo; experts tried to make the best of this chaotic, mail-in ballot free-for-all.<\/p>\n<p>The mail-in ballot election of 2020 created the template for the Democrats&rsquo; new &ldquo;Blue Wall&rdquo; election strategy, as <a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/what-absentee-voting-looked-like-in-all-50-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a deluge of mail-in ballots<\/a> propelled Joe Biden to victory, especially in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/stories\/2021\/04\/what-methods-did-people-use-to-vote-in-2020-election.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The rate of mail-in voting<\/a> rose to above 50 percent in Michigan and Wisconsin, and almost 40 percent in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>The old <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalinterest.org\/blog\/2020-election\/what-happened-democrats%E2%80%99-blue-wall-171939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&ldquo;Blue Wall&rdquo;<\/a> was an impregnable fortress of safely Democrat states because of large blocs of blue-collar voters &mdash; mainly in the Rust Belt of the upper Midwest &mdash; that could be relied upon to get Democrats an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-gop-push-back-on-impeachment-talks\/\" title=\"White House, GOP push back on impeachment talks\">electoral college victory<\/a> in a close election. The old &ldquo;Blue Wall,&rdquo; however, dramatically failed to protect Hillary Clinton&rsquo;s candidacy, as an unexpectedly large number of formerly Democrat, working-class voters in Rust Belt states became Donald Trump voters.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have countered the defection of working-class voters by going all in on no-excuse mail-in voting, first as a temporary, emergency measure during the Covid-19 pandemic, and now as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/24\/nx-s1-5060433\/voting-by-mail-history-absentee-smithsonian-national-postal-museum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a natural and inevitable evolution<\/a> of the election landscape, according to partisan media propaganda. States that adopted extremely liberal mail-in voting regimes during Covid are being counted on to function as a new &ldquo;Blue Wall,&rdquo; where it is hoped that mountains of mail-in ballots will provide Democrats with an insurmountable electoral advantage.<\/p>\n<h2>How the New &lsquo;Blue Wall&rsquo; Works, and How It Changes the Election System<\/h2>\n<p>Even with a more credible candidate than Kamala Harris, it is doubtful that today&rsquo;s Democrat Party could win an electoral college victory in a close election in the absence of the current, expanded mail-in voting regime in the swing states.<\/p>\n<p>This is because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/how-mass-mail-in-voting-changes-everything\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mass mail-in voting increases the political power<\/a> of the geographically concentrated urban and university voters who are key parts of the Democratic coalition. It also damages election integrity in ways that are only now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/how-mass-mail-in-voting-changes-everything\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">beginning to be understood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Heavily funded mass mail-in &ldquo;ballot harvesting&rdquo; and ballot canvassing at a scale that is likely to have a significant impact on election results will not be successful outside of densely populated areas where homogeneous, highly partisan voting blocs can be identified. Deep-blue urban areas and large universities, with their heavy concentrations of Democrat voters, are perfect settings for successful ballot harvesting and canvassing efforts based on mail-in voting.<\/p>\n<p>Vast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/how-mass-mail-in-voting-changes-everything\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new powers flow<\/a> to the process-oriented election activists, nonprofit organizations, and liberal nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that propagandize for expanded mail-in voting, and plan and administer the mail-in ballot regimes behind the new &ldquo;Blue Wall.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The logistical difficulties and expense of a mass mail-in ballot mobilization in less densely populated areas with politically diverse populations would be prohibitive. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2023\/05\/16\/mystery_at_the_midterm_what_happened_to_the_red_wave_149208.html#!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reduces the impact of conventional, in-person voters<\/a> who live in rural and exurban areas.<\/p>\n<p>This explains the inherent partisan advantage of mail-in voting for the Democrat coalition, but it doesn&rsquo;t explain the damage that mass mail-in voting inflicts on the election system.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is, when the emphasis in elections shifts from turning out conventional voters to chasing mail-in ballots, as it has for the Democrats in swing states like Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, we have entered a qualitatively different electoral world than the one we inhabited before.<\/p>\n<p>Elections won on the basis of mail-in voting and ballot harvesting tell us far more about the ingenuity and logistical efficiency of ballot harvesters, community organizers, and the election activists of the liberal nonprofit world than about voter enthusiasm, voter policy preferences, and whether voters are satisfied with the performance of their elected representatives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;An electoral consensus reached through mail-in voting is certain to be a &ldquo;manufactured&rdquo; consensus, imposed on the election by the partisan media, and by the powerful nonprofits and NGOs that have financed and promoted the expansion of the current mail-in voting regime. This is in contrast to the role that free and fair elections have always played in providing a public affirmation of a specific candidate or governing agenda, and in checking abuses of government power.<\/p>\n<h2>What Will Happen Behind the New &lsquo;Blue Wall&rsquo; in 2024<\/h2>\n<p>Corporate media has transformed Kamala Harris from a has-been, far-left presidential contender and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columnists\/3147155\/remember-when-democrats-thought-kamala-harris-bad-vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">generally awful <\/a>vice president into an unbeatable presidential candidate, appearing to ride an unstoppable wave of organic popular support among a majority of voters.<\/p>\n<p>It is all an illusion. This obviously manufactured enthusiasm for Harris as a presidential candidate is analogous to the manufactured wave of electoral support for a Harris-Walz ticket that will take shape behind the new &ldquo;Blue Wall,&rdquo; as Democratic mail-in votes will likely swell to at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/library\/stories\/2021\/04\/what-methods-did-people-use-to-vote-in-2020-election.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">50 percent of total Democratic votes cast in the key swing states<\/a>, if 2020 is any indication.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For better or worse, this means that the success of a Harris-Walz ticket will be more reflective of the efficiency of the Democrats&rsquo; mail-in ballot mobilization machine, and the political fetishes of the inhabitants of the left&rsquo;s nonprofit and NGO world, than of rational citizens engaged in public acts of self-governance.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans should therefore take some comfort in the fact that a Harris-Walz victory, if it occurs, will not be the result of a widespread repudiation of a Trump-Vance ticket, or a Republican policy agenda, but rather will reflect the peculiar dynamic of mass, mail-in voting, and the way it enables the rabidly partisan outside influencers who manage mail-in ballots in deep-blue urban areas and college towns to have an outsized influence on election results.<\/p>\n<p>As long as what were sold to us as temporary emergency voting measures associated with the pandemic are allowed to remain in place, Republicans will be working against an implacable force that far outweighs the mythical &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/election-integrity\/heritage-explains\/voter-fraud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">margin of fraud<\/a>&rdquo; that Republicans always took as an electoral fact of life as a result of urban government corruption.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Republicans who have thrown up their hands and adopted an &ldquo;if you can&rsquo;t beat them, join them&rdquo; stance toward mass mail-in voting and ballot harvesting are likely to be dissuaded by the 2024 election results, which will be far more favorable to Democrats than they otherwise would be if voting norms returned to their pre-pandemic status.<\/p>\n<p>The decadent accouterments of the pandemic, such as face masks, social distancing, lockdowns, and vaccine mandates have disappeared just as rapidly as they originally burst on the scene, and with little resistance at this point.<\/p>\n<p>The mass mail-in voting era deserves to be as short-lived as the draconian Covid-19 lockdown and vaccine mandate era, and Republicans should fight tooth and nail to dismantle the current mail-in voting regime.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      William Doyle, Ph.D., is research director at The Caesar Rodney Election Research Institute in Irving, Texas. He specializes in economic history and the private funding of American elections. Previously, he was associate professor and chair in the department of economics at the University of Dallas. He can be contacted at doyle@rodneyinstitute.org.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most notable aspect of the controversial 2020 election was the rapid increase in mass mail-in voting in states that were largely unaccustomed to it, alongside unprecedented election interference from left-leaning nonprofit groups like The Center for Tech and Civic Life (known for \u201cZuckbucks\u201d) and Democratic legal strategists. This surge in mail-in ballots became a key component of the Democrats&#8217; new &#8220;Blue Wall&#8221; strategy, significantly aiding Joe Biden&#8217;s victory, particularly in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. In these states, mail-in voting rates exceeded 50% in Michigan and Wisconsin and approached 40% in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, the &#8220;Blue Wall&#8221; represented a stronghold of reliably Democratic states due to large groups of blue-collar voters primarily located in the Rust Belt. However, this wall failed to secure Hillary Clinton&#8217;s candidacy when many working-class voters shifted their support to Donald Trump. In response to this voter defection, Democrats have fully embraced no-excuse mail-in voting as both an emergency measure during the COVID-19 pandemic and as a natural evolution within electoral practices. States that implemented liberal mail-in voting policies during the pandemic are now expected to serve as a new &#8220;Blue Wall,&#8221; with hopes that an influx of mail-in ballots will give Democrats a significant electoral edge.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding how this new &#8220;Blue Wall&#8221; operates reveals its impact on elections today. Even with a more appealing candidate than Kamala Harris, it&#8217;s questionable whether today&#8217;s Democratic Party could win an electoral college majority without expanded mail-in voting systems present in swing states. Mass mail-in voting enhances urban and university voter influence\u2014key demographics for Democrats\u2014while also raising concerns about election integrity.<\/p>\n<p>The extensive funding behind mass mail-in ballot harvesting efforts is likely only effective within densely populated areas where partisan voter blocs exist. Urban centers and large universities provide ideal conditions for successful ballot harvesting initiatives tied to mail-in voting.<\/p>\n<p>This shift towards prioritizing mailed ballots over traditional voter turnout alters our electoral landscape fundamentally; victories based on these methods reflect more about organizational efficiency among liberal activists than genuine public sentiment or satisfaction with elected officials.<\/p>\n<p>Consensus achieved through mass mailing is likely contrived rather than representative of true democratic engagement\u2014a stark contrast from traditional elections that validate candidates or policies while curbing government overreach.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to 2024 behind this new &#8220;Blue Wall,&#8221; corporate media has transformed Kamala Harris\u2019s image from an unsuccessful far-left candidate into one perceived as highly popular among voters\u2014a fa\u00e7ade masking manufactured enthusiasm similar to what might be seen supporting a potential Harris-Walz ticket driven by increased Democratic votes via mass mailing strategies observed previously.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, if such a ticket succeeds it may not indicate widespread rejection of Republican candidates or policies but rather highlight how mass-mailing dynamics empower partisanship among those managing ballots within heavily Democrat regions.<\/p>\n<p>As long as temporary emergency measures related to pandemic-era voting remain intact, Republicans face formidable challenges beyond what they previously considered typical urban corruption-related fraud margins. Those who have resigned themselves by adopting strategies aligned with mass-mailing practices may find disappointing results come 2024 unless pre-pandemic norms are reinstated swiftly.<\/p>\n<p>The fleeting nature of pandemic restrictions should parallel efforts against prolonged mass-mailing systems; Republicans must vigorously advocate dismantling current regimes surrounding vote-by-mail processes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1253,"featured_media":2341717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/52449771704_6ea783684c_k-e1725657895765.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34839,3685,34541,40977,33188],"class_list":["post-2341716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-blue-wall","tag-democrats","tag-election-strategy","tag-mass-mail-in-voting","tag-voter-engagement"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/52449771704_6ea783684c_k-e1725657895765.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2341717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}