THIER
THIER BALLOTS FOR PRESIDENT. AND CAMPAIGN SEASON - IS GOING TO BE SO DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
YOU MAY NOT BE BOMBARDED WITH
ADS JUST YET..
BUT "DECISION 2020" -- IS
UNDERWAY --
UNDERWAY --
>>>
>>> AND
>>> AND A
>>> AND A LITTLE MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS AMERICAN FOR PRESIDENT.
CAMPAIGN SEASON WILL BE
DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
MIGHT NOT BE BOMBARDED WITH ADS
JUST YET.
JUST YET.
JUST YET. DECISION 2020 IS UNDERWAY.
THE RACE FOR WINDS IN EVERY
CATEGORY IS ALMOST BEING DONE
EXCLUSIVELY ONLINE.
EXCLUSIVELY ONLINE. WHAT WILL CAMPAIGN 2020 LOOK
LIKE GOING FORWARD?
I HAD A CHAT ABOUT IT WITH
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR
CATHERINE PIERCE.
CATHERINE PIERCE. >> THIS COUNTRY WASN'T BUILT BY
WALL STREET.
WALL STREET. >> AMERICANS USUALLY CANNOT
ESCAPE THE ASKS FROM CANDIDATES
FOR A VOTE IN A PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION YEAR.
ELECTION YEAR. >> THESE ARE INCREDIBLY UNUSUAL
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. >>
TIMES. >> THAT'S A STATEMENT I DON'T
NEED TO FACT CHECK.
WE ARE 132 DAYS AWAY FROM
ELECTION DAY.
ELECTION DAY. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DAY.
NO BOMBARDMENT OF MAILERS AND
TV ADS JUST YET.
IS THAT ODD?
>> WHILE YOU AND I AND MANY OF
YOUR VIEWERS MAY BE PLAYING
CLOSE ATTENTION, AND
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS A LOT OF
PEOPLE DON'T REALLY TUNED IN
UNTIL AFTER LABOR DAY.
>>> PEARSON SAYS THE TWO MEN
RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT ARE
EXACTLY STRANGERS TO THE
ELECTORATE.
ELECTORATE. >> NEITHER OF THE CANDIDATES
ARE HAVING TO INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR EIGHT
YEARS PEOPLE ARE PRETTY AWARE
OF WHO JOE BIDEN IS AND WHAT HE
STANDS FOR.
STANDS FOR. PEOPLE CERTAINLY KNOW PRESIDENT
TRUMP WELL.
TRUMP WELL. HE'S BEEN PRESIDENT SINCE 2017.
>> MANY KNOW IF THEY HAVE TO
CHOOSE BETWEEN ONE OR THE OTHER
WHO THEIR CHOICE IS.
WHICH BRINGS US TO THE BIGGEST
DIFFERENCE THAT WILL HAPPEN FOR
EACH OF YOU.
THAT IS HOW YOU VOTE.
BECAUSE A COVID-19 THERE WILL
VERY LIKELY BE FEWER PLACES TO
CAST A BALLOT IN MINNESOTA AND
WISCONSIN.
WISCONSIN. IN PERSON.
IN PERSON. MANY ELECTION WORKERS THAT
VOLUNTEER ARE OVER 65.
TO GO TO A LOCATION WHERE
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WILL COME IN
AND OUT THAT IS A HEALTH RISK
MANY ARE NOT WILLING TO TAKE.
WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE
SEEN IT ALREADY.
YESTERDAY IN KENTUCKY 200
POLLING LOCATIONS WERE OPEN.
IN A TYPICAL YEAR THERE
WOULD'VE BEEN 3700.
A REASON GIVEN, A SHORTAGE OF
POLL WORKERS.
POLL WORKERS. MANY IN THE STATE OPTED TO VOTE
BY MAIL.
BY MAIL.
BY MAIL. SAME WENT FOR NEW YORK.
AS FOR THE ISSUE OF VOTING BY
MAIL GOES PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
TWEETED AND SAID MORE THAN ONCE
HE DOESN'T LIKE IT.
WHICH WOULD LEAVE ONE TO WONDER
DOES VOTING BY MAIL BENEFIT
DEMOCRATS AND HER REPUBLICANS?
I ASKED CATHERINE PEARSON THAT
QUESTION.
QUESTION.
QUESTION. >> POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
HAS SHOWN OVER AND OVER AGAIN
THAT ONE PARTY DOES NOT BENEFIT
OVER ANOTHER WHEN IT COMES TO
VOTING BY MAIL.
THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING TO
REALIZE IS THAT STATES ARE IN
CHARGE.
CHARGE.
CHARGE. TO THE EXTENT THE VOTING BY
MAIL IS WIDESPREAD TO THE
EXTENT IT GOES SMOOTHLY THAT IS
REALLY UP TO STATE GOVERNORS
AND ELECTION OF ADMINISTRATION
IN INDIVIDUAL STATES.
>> SECRETARY OF STATE HAS BEEN
ADVOCATING VOTERS TO APPLY FOR
THE MAIL IN BALLOT NOW.
I CHECKED THIS AFTERNOON TO SEE
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TAKING THIS
ROUTE IN MINNESOTA.
I WAS TOLD AS OF LAST WEEK MORE
THAN 145,000 MINNESOTANS HAVE
REQUESTED A MALE IN BALLOT.
BY COMPARISON AT THIS TIME IN
2016 THERE WERE LESS THAN 6000
REQUESTS.
REQUESTS.
REQUESTS. HAVING SAID THAT THERE ARE MANY
OBJECTIONS IN COURT RIGHT NOW
ABOUT THE RULES ON MAILING
BALLOTS IN THIS STATE.
THAT PART OF THIS IS A
DEVELOPING STORY.
DEVELOPING STORY. WHAT ISN'T?
WHAT ISN'T? IS THE SHEER NUMBER OF PEOPLE
WANTING TO DO IT THAT WAY.
HERE AND NATIONWIDE.
WHICH COULD MEAN, ELECTION
NIGHT WE MAY NOT KNOW WHO WINS.
>> IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL DAYS OR
EVEN WEEKS FOR BALLOTS TO BE
COUNTED IN CLOSED ELECTIONS.
AS VOTING BY MAIL CONTINUES WE
NEED TO GET USED TO NOT.
>> YOU HEARD IT RIGHT THERE.
ON AVERAGE I WAS TOLD BY OUR
SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE 24%
OF ELIGIBLE MINNESOTA VOTERS
VOTE BY MAIL IN A TYPICAL YEAR.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
PERCENTAGES THIS YEAR BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE STILL APPLYING TO
VOTE BY MAIL.
WE DO NOT