Will rain affect Election Day turnout across the US? See the nationwide weather forecast

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Election Day might be wet across a swath of the United States with a storm system affecting multiple states, including some battleground states in the Midwest.

The morning of Tuesday, Nov. 5, will see a storm system impacting the upper Midwest with a mixture of rain and snow in Wisconsin, Minnesota and upper Michigan. That shield of precipitation will move northeastward during the day into southern Canada by the time polls close.

A frontal boundary will extend southwestward across the Ohio River Valley into the deep South, including Louisiana, with scattered showers and thunderstorms along that front.

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

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Most of the country will experience calm weather conditions for voting this Election Day.

A 2024 journal article by ScienceDirect showed that rainfall slightly decreased in-person voting in North Carolina during the last three presidential elections. Author Nick Turner noted that previous US and international studies also showed a drop in turnout on rainy days. However, Turner also said voters tended to adopt alternative voting methods, like mail-in ballots and early voting, in elections after wet weather, leading to more votes in future elections.

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