Encouraging, record setting 1st day early vote in GA
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Simon Rosenberg @SimonWDC
New @MorningConsult poll:
- Dems lead 48-45, unchanged from last week
- Biden approval 46%, highest in 2022
- Dems have growing enthusiasm edge, improving scores on the economy
https://morningconsult.com/2022-midterm-elections-tracker/
Simon Rosenberg @SimonWDC 3h
"Dems Hold Enthusiasm Edge: For the fifth week in a row, D voters are more likely than Rs to say they are “extremely” or “very” enthusiastic about voting in the midterm elections, 63% to 58%. The 5-point gap is the largest Dem advantage Morning Consult has recorded in 2022"
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Gooooooooo Dems! 
I saw another thread about Clarke County (where UGA is, very blue), and someone reported long lines. I'm in Oconee County, which is right next to Clarke but is much more rural and conservative (~R+40). My husband voted yesterday first thing, and he said there were about 20 people in line when he went. My feeling is this is lower than 2020. I voted first day of early voting in 2020, and there were probably 60+ people in line, which is a lot given the small population of Oconee. However, I think lower turnout (or "less high"
turnout in Oconee is a good thing, lol, given how conservative it is. I know Dems in Oconee are motivated. We were successful in getting two Independent candidates for school board added to the ballot. As you probably know, the number of signatures required creates quite an obstacle for such candidates, so the organizational efforts needed by Dems in Oconee were quite significant. (They decided it was more likely to get a left-leaning I candidate elected than a D given there are a lot of knee-jerk repubs in the county.)
Come on Georgia Dems! Make this a Blue Halloween
on their side especially.
I'm very hopeful we can hang onto and build on our majorities in both houses.
