It is extremely frustrating how in all these close western US races, the final votes always seem to favor the Democrat. Of course it is a given that provisional favor the D candidate; just the nature of the beast that is provisional voting. But absentees is another phenomenon entirely. The CA Democrats must have this process down to a much better game plan.
These states allow you to vote by mail without a special reason (and in some cases only have vote by mail), so the mail votes aren't necessarily absentee in the conventional sense.