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How do overseas and military ballots break?
yodermon
(6,143 posts)Azathoth
(4,608 posts)Lots of young men from rural areas enlist, and the military skews Republican anyway.
LeftInTX
(25,323 posts)Overseas: Probably not enough to have an affect on the election
BannonsLiver
(16,387 posts)Its unlikely that many will be returned.
Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)W_HAMILTON
(7,866 posts)Freethinker65
(10,021 posts)karynnj
(59,503 posts)There have been articles that spoke of how people with passports were far more likely to be Democrats. Not to mention, if they are in Europe, they have likely been exposed to a far more negative view of Trump.
I agree that the military might be less pro GOP than usual.
kskiska
(27,045 posts)Could have an effect.
helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)madaboutharry
(40,211 posts)earlier on CNN or MSNBC said he thought there would be a lot of Biden votes this year among military.
crickets
(25,979 posts)I hope there are a lot of Biden votes from the military. He'll do much better by them than trump ever has or would.
groundloop
(11,519 posts)tRump hasn't exactly made any friends out of our service men and women.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)members and they won't necessarily vote for Republicans in high numbers.
We will have to wait and see.
bluecollar2
(3,622 posts)Kaleva
(36,299 posts)The deadline is tomorrow.
"There were 8,899 absentee ballots from military and overseas voters that hadnt yet been returned to election offices in Georgia as of Thursday morning, according to the secretary of states office. Another 17,529 overseas ballots had already been returned and counted."
https://www.ajc.com/politics/more-ballots-arriving-in-georgia-from-overseas-and-provisional-voters/2IKU3WM5XZD7FDQE5DAOKYXTMY/
LisaL
(44,973 posts)NT
Kaleva
(36,299 posts)W_HAMILTON
(7,866 posts)Kaleva
(36,299 posts)17,529 have already been counted.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)If they haven't been returned yet, what are the chances they would all show up tomorrow?
W_HAMILTON
(7,866 posts)It says that 8,899 were requested BUT NOT RETURNED.
Kaleva
(36,299 posts)But like LisaL said earlier, not all may be returned by the deadline.
Edit: so the actual number of military and overseas ballots that could be yet to be counted is a lot less then the 12k stated in the OP and may not factor into who wins the state.
angrychair
(8,699 posts)how did those 17,529 break in a Biden/dump split?
Kaleva
(36,299 posts)And alot of those near 9k remaining ballots may not be back in time for the deadline tomorrow.
angrychair
(8,699 posts)military ballots longer. It oes appear though that they have until 5pm tomorrow to arrive or they cannot be counted
Kaleva
(36,299 posts)I'm tired and will go to bed soon.
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)and is fine with bounties being put on their heads, they will vote republican. I can't wrap my brain around that disconnect...
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Joe. Maybe people that put parts of their lives on hold to serve their country in often difficult places dont like being called suckers for doing so.
GoCubsGo
(32,083 posts)I understand that whole thing cost Trump a bunch of military support. I recall Malcolm Nance saying that a lot of officers were furious, and that many enlisted are still loyal to that scumbag. But, he also said that many of the enlistees don't vote. Let's hope Malcolm is right...
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)The CNN exit poll was 52-45 for Trump among veterans, anyway.
https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/exit-polls/president/national-results
RandySF
(58,821 posts)And thats if they arrive tomorrow.
Quixote1818
(28,936 posts)Polybius
(15,411 posts)Well, we wont need it, weve easily got PA.
Demovictory9
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helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)msongs
(67,405 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)NT
helpisontheway
(5,008 posts)He said 8,800 total (military/overseas) have not been returned. If they are in the mail tomorrow they will be counted. He said it is not a guarantee because some of them could have decided not to vote.