Georgia shatters early voting record

[workinclasszero]

Georgia shatters early voting record
Tim Darnell , WXIA 2:08 AM. EST November 06, 2016

ATLANTA, Ga -- More than 2,180,000 votes have been cast in Georgia through advance and early voting, smashing the state’s previous record set in 2008.

Secretary of State Brian Kemp said the total will continue to climb through the end of Friday, when early and advance voting ended. Georgia’s previous record was 2,129,316.


“What’s telling is that, in terms of early voters, Fulton and DeKalb are far ahead of their early voting numbers from the last election,” said Emory professor of political science Alan Abramowitz. “If early voting is an indicator of actual turnout, it could mean we’ll see a high turnout from Georgia’s two most heavily Democratic counties.

http://www.11alive.com/news/local/georgia-shatters-early-voting-record/348197155

[Cha]

1. Democracy at work, baby! Thankfully!

Thank you, working!

[sheshe2]

2. K&R

[book_worm]

3. Good news! Maybe GA will be a surprise Tuesday night.

[workinclasszero]

4. That would be awesome!!

[Iliyah]

5. Fulton County (Atlanta)

Strong AA city.

K & R

[Pacifist Patriot]

6. Over 50% of registered voters have already cast a ballot in my FL county.

I'm willing to bet that shattered 2012's numbers. If I recall correctly, we had 62% turnout overall in that election. I find it hard to believe only 12% will show up on Election Day.

[ffr]

24. Are those news numbers or SoS numbers we can look into?

Curious, because I haven't been able to drill into the EV numbers from any other state than Nevada, which posts EV and previous election results by county, by party, and in ratio. If Florida has something like that to work with, it might tell us where there are some democratic counties, more than others, that HFA needs to focus on for canvassing.

[Pacifist Patriot]

28. They aren't results, just ballots cast by party.

http://www.votebrevard.com/2016-Election-Turnout

Only thing I've seen come out of Florida was that exit poll that claimed 27% of Republican voters had crossed the aisle. However, the sample size was miniscule.

[vlyons]

20. Not only scaired, but also pissed off

Tired of white racist Republicans trying over and over to suppress the vote. Right now, we fight all their tricky little voter ID, and closing down voting poll places to suppress the vote. Next time, we go after gerrymandered districts.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Almost ALL of those so-called "red" southern states

have always had black populations ranging from 20% - 40% of the STATE populations. These were the traditional "slave states" and were always considered the "black belt" of the United States -



Alternately, the state with the largest population (CA) that is also our largest blue state, has a black population of a mere 6.5%, less than supposed "deep red" states like Oklahoma (black population = 7.8%) or Kentucky (black population = 8.3%).

The state of Georgia is 32% black and 9.4% Hispanic. That comes out to 41% POC right there - statewide. There is NO fucking reason other than PSTD from generational memories of Jim Crow & current Jim Crow re-animated, that is keeping that state "red".

[SansACause]

22. I live in Mississippi

We have the largest percentage of black Americans in the country (37%). It's also the poorest state. MS should be deep blue, but decades of neglect from white politicians in both parties has led to significant apathy about voting among the black population, and rampant racism has poor people voting Republican regularly. The current polling has Trump up only in single digits here. That's pretty remarkable for this state.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. "decades of neglect from white politicians in both parties"

Exactly... And sadly I heard that reflected back in 2008 when the media held one of the debates in Mississippi and they interviewed folks in the area... and many blacks were like "Why bother?" or "No I'm not planning to vote".

MS was the home to Medgar Evers who was assassinated for trying to enfranchise black folk, as well as the home of Fannie Lou Hamer who battled the Democratic party in the '60s just to attend a convention. And although that was 50-some years ago, there is apparently still a bitter taste regarding the boll weevils.

As I noted - some severe PTSD going on.

[grossproffit]

9. Most important election of our lifetimes.

[sarae]

10. I love hearing this. :)

GO HILL, GO DEMS!!

[Doodley]

15. Half-a-million people have been denied health care in Georgia, that should

translate into more Democratic votes.

[TonyPDX]

16. Anything's possible, I suppose.

[TheBlackAdder]

18. Prediction: Donald Trump wins EVERY State!

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[Budgies Revenge]

25. I heard something interesting when I went to go vote on Thursday

I live in a RED county...Rural, mostly agricultural base, overwhelmingly white--you would think your typical Trump paradise. Generally, I tend to think of my vote in this county as symbolic--very few Democrats, much less liberals ever win here. When I went to cast my vote, there was an older man, probably in his 70's, obviously a farmer, standing at one of the kiosks. He asked the poll worker "If I cast my vote for Hillary, and then don't vote for anyone else on the ballot, does that count against me?" I was so surprised and happy to hear that this man was a Hillary voter, I broke out into a huge smile.

[Dem2]

26. Fingers crossed

[michiganman1019]

27. Early voted at South Dekalb Mall

in Dekalb county a few days ago.

I mentioned in an earlier thread it was the smoothest vote process I have ever had.

[CousinIT]

29. GA, FL and NC shattering early voting records.

I hope this is good news for Clinton!

[workinclasszero]

30. When more people vote

its always good news for the democratic party!

The damn republicans are the only ones that try to restrict the people from voting.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

33. At first glance I thought it said "Georgia shutters early voting"

Voter suppression by a red state would not be usual.