GA: 12000 overseas and military ballots will be counted tomorrow

[Demovictory9]

How do overseas and military ballots break?

[yodermon]

1. hmmm is it more military or expat? n/t

[Azathoth]

2. I'd guess Republican

Lots of young men from rural areas enlist, and the military skews Republican anyway.

[LeftInTX]

3. Military: Republican

Overseas: Probably not enough to have an affect on the election

[BannonsLiver]

4. That was the number sent out

It’s unlikely that many will be returned.

[Demovictory9]

13. Number returned. 5k military 7k overseas

[W_HAMILTON]

17. When you make such claims, please cite your sources.

[Freethinker65]

5. Military- pro GOP, but less than usual? Non-military, even?

[karynnj]

25. Non military may skew Democratic

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]

6. He's trashed an awful lot of generals, veterans, and Gold Star families

Could have an effect.

[helpisontheway]

28. I think it did in Virginia Beach. Ton of military but Biden won traditionally red VA BCH. Nt

[madaboutharry]

7. Interesting discussion with a Georgia official

earlier on CNN or MSNBC said he thought there would be a lot of Biden votes this year among military.

[crickets]

34. After the 'losers' and 'suckers' comments, it is going to be interesting.

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]

8. This years polling of military personnel has been slightly blue

tRump hasn't exactly made any friends out of our service men and women.

[gollygee]

9. It could go two ways - some military types are very pro-GOP, but there are a lot of Black military

members and they won't necessarily vote for Republicans in high numbers.

We will have to wait and see.

[bluecollar2]

10. Pro trump...n/t

[Kaleva]

11. This article says there are +8k military and overseas ballots that haven't been returned yet

The deadline is tomorrow.

"There were 8,899 absentee ballots from military and overseas voters that hadn’t yet been returned to election offices in Georgia as of Thursday morning, according to the secretary of state’s 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/

[Demovictory9]

14. Ok

[LisaL]

19. Those are outstanding ballots. Highly unlikely all would arrive tomorrow, as far as I am concerned.

NT

[Kaleva]

23. So the # of military and overseas ballots that will be counted might not be much.

[W_HAMILTON]

22. Umm, your post title contradicts your quote from the article.

[Kaleva]

26. No. There are 8,899 to be counted

17,529 have already been counted.

[LisaL]

29. But those 8,899 have to be returned first.

If they haven't been returned yet, what are the chances they would all show up tomorrow?

[W_HAMILTON]

30. No, it does not say that.

It says that 8,899 were requested BUT NOT RETURNED.

[Kaleva]

33. The deadline is tomorrow Friday.

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]

31. So the million dollar question is...

how did those 17,529 break in a Biden/dump split?

[Kaleva]

35. Not enough to give the state to Trump

And alot of those near 9k remaining ballots may not be back in time for the deadline tomorrow.

[angrychair]

39. Usually they give

military ballots longer. It oes appear though that they have until 5pm tomorrow to arrive or they cannot be counted

[Kaleva]

40. True

[Kaleva]

38. The wording in my post isn't clear so I'll edit it.

I'm tired and will go to bed soon.

[not_the_one]

12. In spite of the fact that the turd refers to them as suckers and losers,

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]

15. Someone earlier tonight pointed out that a big Naval area was won by

Joe. Maybe people that put parts of their lives on hold to serve their country in often difficult places don’t like being called suckers for doing so.

[GoCubsGo]

16. It depends on how pissed off they are about being the targets for Russian bounties.

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]

18. Maybe slightly in Trump's favor.

The CNN exit poll was 52-45 for Trump among veterans, anyway.

https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/exit-polls/president/national-results

[RandySF]

20. I thought I heard up to 8,000

And that’s if they arrive tomorrow.

[Quixote1818]

21. US troops favor Biden for president, but Trump has a big lead among veterans, polls show

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-troops-prefer-biden-but-veterans-favor-trump-polls-show-2020-10

[Polybius]

24. So we lose Georgia

Well, we won’t need it, we’ve easily got PA.

[Demovictory9]

41. Correction 8k. If Biden ahead by plus 8k, he wins

[helpisontheway]

32. Military is usually pro Republican but

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/08/31/as-trumps-popularity-slips-in-latest-military-times-poll-more-troops-say-theyll-vote-for-biden/

[msongs]

36. have heard the mail ins can still arrive til end of week n t

[LisaL]

37. Not domestic. GA doesn't allow ballots from Ga to arrive after the election and be counted.

NT

[helpisontheway]

42. Oh wow..Steve Kornacki just said military and overseas ballots have already been added

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.