GA-SEN: See who is voting early in Georgia's 2022 runoff election
Many of the voters who have participated so far are typical early voters who participate regularly in elections. As of Thursday, Dec. 1, roughly 96% of the 1,472,518 early voters who have cast ballots for this election also voted in the 2022 general election in November. 92% voted in the 2021 Senate runoffs, 92.5% voted in the 2020 general election and 80% voted in the 2018 general election.
Roughly 77% of early voters cast ballots in all four elections, while about 3.7%, or about 53,000 voters, did not vote in this November's election but showed up this time.
Black voters make up roughly 29% of Georgia's 7.8 million registered voters and 32.4% of the early vote so far. The actual share may be higher, as nearly 9.4% voters so far have their self-identified race listed as "unknown," and state elections officials say many are likely Black.
Nearly 61% of the people that have voted also participated in the 2022 primary elections — and 48% of those people pulled a Democratic ballot, compared to 51% in the Republican primary. It is important to note that Georgia does not have party registration, so anyone can choose to vote in any primary. This year saw a notable number of Democratic voters cross over and support Republican incumbents such as Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger against Trump-backed primary challengers.
Another dynamic to watch during early voting is turnout in counties that saw higher levels of dropoff in support for Walker compared to Kemp. Roughly one in 10 voters who supported Kemp in the general election opted not to vote for Walker, leading to the razor-thin runoff while the rest of the statewide Republican ticket cruised to victory.
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