The American Postal Workers Union has announced a campaign in support of vote-by-mail with a television commercial and new polling showing large public support for the practice.

The polling memo was released by the bi-partisan partnership of Hart Research and North Star Opinion Research. It reported a survey of 1,053 U.S. voters conducted between February 25 and March 1, 2026.

It found that one-third of participants (34 percent) regularly cast their votes by mail. One in four voters (24 percent) report that they use vote by mail very or fairly often.

Vote by mail is now a major component in the country’s electoral system, especially in western states where 69 percent regularly use the mail to vote.

Older Americans especially rely on vote by mail to have their voices heard at election time. Almost half (46 percent) of America’s seniors (age 65+) say they regularly use vote by mail, including one in three (33 percent) who use it often.

In 2024, almost one third of voters cast their ballots by mail. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 43 percent of voters cast their vote by mail.  Studies have shown that this practice can significantly increase election turnout. 

By about a two-to-one ratio, voters say they are “very” or “fairly” confident (62 percent) rather than not confident (32 percent) in the Postal Service’s ability to properly handle ballots. Importantly, 80 percent of those who regularly vote by mail voice confidence in USPS, while just 19 percent lack confidence.

By a 22-point margin, voters want to continue rather than abolish vote by mail. When voters are informed that President Trump has proposed abolishing vote by mail, they reject this idea decisively. Just 35 percent of voters say they want to abolish vote by mail, and a 57 percent majority say it should continue in states that offer it.