Early Voting In Georgia Continues To Shatter Records

Early voting in Georgia has continued to hit record breaking numbers for a midterm election every day of early voting according to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. After one full week of in-person early voting in Georgia, nearly 838,000 people have already cast their ballots either through in person voting or mail-in ballot. https://youtu.be/klmRfwoApR0 From the Secretary of State’s website:

Georgia voters continued to hit record breaking turnout on the first mandatory Saturday of Early Voting.

As of Sunday morning, approximately 740K Georgia voters have cast their ballot during in-person Early Voting, with a whopping 79,682 showing up on Saturday, October 22nd. Saturday’s total marks an astounding 159% increase from day six of 2018 midterm Early Voting and shattered the turnout record of day six of Early Voting in the 2020 Presidential election by 20%.

Georgia has had record Early Voting turnout since the first day of Early Voting this year, surging to nearly twice the number on the first day of Early Voting in 2018.

Totals have remained within striking distance of the 2020 Presidential election turnout, and have shattered previous midterm turnout records by 50% or greater during every day of Early Voting this week.

Reports of long lines were rare, with some lines in the metro areas being reported. No substantial delays were reported yesterday. Early Voting turnout is expected to increase during the last week of Early Voting.

Georgia’s voter data doesn’t break down early voting by party registration, so it would be hard to decipher who is more energized to vote. Generally speaking, Democrats are known to take part in early voting more than Republicans, who favor Election Day voting. Data seems to show the early voting turnout is Blacker and older than in the past. Stacey Abrams, a Black woman, is the Democratic candidate for governor against incumbent Brian Kemp. So, is this a harbinger of good results for her? OR… there are also two Black men – Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and former football player Herschel Walker (R) running for the U.S. Senate. Could the high turnout be for Walker? We shall see. https://twitter.com/jhcBrutus/status/1584637578686259200