Nearly 70 percent of the more than 154.6 million Americans who voted in the 2020 election did so by “nontraditional means,” with 43 percent voting by mail and 26 percent casting ballots in person before Election Day in the 47 states that offer early voting, according to the Census Bureau.
About 67 percent of Americans who were eligible to vote cast ballots in the 2020 election, a record overall turnout that saw a 73 percent boost in “nontraditional voting methods” from 2016, with many states discouraging in-person Election Day voting during the COVID-19 pandemic.
