Philadelphia has now SURPASSED the historic 2008 turnout numbers in the 2020 general election

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10. I'm thinking that there were quite a few ballots that were jammed up in the USPS

distribution fiasco as well as ballots thrown out beyond the address/date issue that was subject to one of the lawsuits - i.e., the feared "naked ballots".

Still, if you look at the wards where the turnout was lowest, they are the poorest and often most heavily Hispanic sections of the city, predominately in North Philly, so those areas will always be a challenge no matter what city you are in. Since we have had almost 2000 who have died from coronavirus and have almost 900 in the hospital at the moment, I also wouldn't be surprised that you have people who had registered but were too sick to vote or who have died.

The more interesting stat is that the "mail-in" vs the "in person" voting was actually almost equal, despite the 7/8 - 1 margin of Democrats to Republicans here, so the "only/mainly Democrats voted in person assertion" didn't apply here. I know a few friends and former co-workers (Democrats) who insisted that they were going to vote in person and not trust the mail or even the drop boxes! Both of my sisters voted in person in Montco and Delco and for the same reason - neither trusted USPS and their drop box locations were more remote to them than the ones here in Philly.