Will rain affect voter turnout on Election Day in the US? View the statewide weather forecast

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – Election Day could be wet across much of the United States as a storm system hits several states, including some battleground states in the Midwest.

On Tuesday morning, November 5, a storm system will impact the Upper Midwest with a mix of rain and snow in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Upper Michigan. This shield of precipitation will move northeast into southern Canada throughout the day until polls close.

A frontal boundary will extend southwest across the Ohio River Valley into the Deep South, including Louisiana, with isolated showers and thunderstorms along this front.

Another system will move into the Pacific Northwest but is expected to produce precipitation only in Washington state.

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On this election day, there will be calm weather conditions for voting in many parts of the country.

A 2024 ScienceDirect journal article showed that rainfall slightly reduced in-person voting in the last three presidential elections in North Carolina. Author Nick Turner noted that previous U.S. and international studies showed a decline in voter turnout even on rainy days. However, Turner also said voters in wet weather elections tended to adopt alternative voting methods such as absentee voting and early voting, which would lead to more votes in future elections.

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