Early voting gives tactical advantage to the ‘Rats. They get a better fix on how many votes they have to manufacture. Take them by surprise and wait for election day.
This is the traditional view, but not exactly correct.
In both FL and OH, for example, GOP always-—ALWAYS-—leads in absentee ballots. DemoKKKrats catch up and usually pass the GOP in “walk-in-early-voting.” (There’s a difference). Then on election day, over the past 2 presidential elections, Rs outvote Ds on election day. (In 2012, the walk-in-early-vote made the difference; in 2016, the absentee votes created such a cushion for Trump that walk-ins couldn’t overcome it).
Agreed.