Do elections on Tuesday benefit Republicans?

[buritobr]

Elections in the USA take place on a weekday.
Is it easier for white-collar workers to leave the workplace during the working time in order to vote than it is for blue-collar workers?
If it is true, is this an advantage for the Republicans?

When the Democrats controlled both houses of the Congress, have they already tried an amendment in order to schedule elections for Sunday?

[Pyro]

Thus, Election Day needs to be a federal holiday.

[Skill and Chance]

Thus, Election Day needs to be a federal holiday.

Definitely, and not for partisan reasons.  I'd even go a step further and consider a refundable tax credit for voting. 

[Mister Mets]

Are blue-collar workers disproportionately Democratic.

Some of the subgroups would seem to favor Republicans.

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[Rockefeller GOP]

Are blue-collar workers disproportionately Democratic.

Some of the subgroups would seem to favor Republicans.

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It's an interesting question that doesn't get probed enough, IMO.  Republicans do better in poorer, more rural counties while Democrats do better in more populated, "wealthier" counties, yet exit poll after exit poll shows that the richest income groups still vote pretty comfortably Republican.

Obviously, there are other lurking variables like cost of living and race, but I'd like to see a more in depth study than I've been able to find.

[angus]

Do elections on Tuesday benefit Republicans?

Tuesday's Gone With the Wind.  Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday.  Tuesday afternoon.  Tuesday morning.  Tuesday heartbreak.  Love you till Tuesday.  Hooray for Tuesday.  Man, songwriters like Tuesday just as much as electioneers.  Why is that?

elections for Sunday?

Sunday everybody just wants to relax and watch NFL games.  Not really a good day to vote.

Saturday?  You'd lose the Hassadic vote if you did it on Saturday, which is the most reliably republican block, but you might also lose the hipster vote because they like to sit around on Saturdays and drink Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and those are generally Democrats.  Probably it's a wash.

[nclib]

It's an interesting question that doesn't get probed enough, IMO.  Republicans do better in poorer, more rural counties while Democrats do better in more populated, "wealthier" counties, yet exit poll after exit poll shows that the richest income groups still vote pretty comfortably Republican.

Obviously, there are other lurking variables like cost of living and race, but I'd like to see a more in depth study than I've been able to find.

Perhaps Democratic voters and Democratic policies cause communities to be better off (or visa versa).

I made a map from that site: Red = above average white-collar; Blue = above average blue-collar

The EV total from that map is 371-167 Blue, which is unbalanced but prob. due to the 7 most populated states being blue.

As for the OP, probably, but not a given.

[buritobr]

When the early voting was introduced?

Does it explain why the turnout is rising in the 21th century?
The turnout was falling from 1968 to 1996, but then, this trend was reversed.