GA Exit Polls - 71% of White people voted for Trump

[Yavin4]

74% of White men
69% of White women

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/exit-polls

[RandySF]

1. But someone on social media said

it was all about the economy.

[bearsfootball516]

3. 2020 Georgia Exit polls showed Trump got 69 percent of the white vote.

https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/exit-polls/president/georgia/5

I'm not saying that race wasn't a factor for anyone, but that's only a 2 percent increase in white voters for Trump. It's entirely plausible that those are Biden-Trump voters who were unhappy about higher prices and took it out on the top of the ticket.

[standingtall]

16. If that's the case

Then why did people who make less then $30,000 per year break for Democrats 50 to 46 when they are the group that would be more negatively affected by higher prices then anyone?

[bearsfootball516]

20. They broke significantly worse for Dems this year than they did in 2020.

Per the 2020 exit polls, they broke for Dems 59-38, so they dropped 17 points.

[standingtall]

22. but they were still on the plus side of 50

Also this exit poll shows Democrats lost Urban Whites 51 to 49. A loss, but that's a whole lot closer to a jump ball then any other group of white voters. I going to assume Democrats did better with them in 2020 too. Makes me think we wasted a bunch of time going after suburban and rural whites a more aggressive outreach to Urban whites would been a better strategy to find white support. I don't think there is any significant Biden/Trump crossover. I think it's more likely they just didn't show up.

[bearsfootball516]

30. Agree 100 percent.

I never loved them sending Liz Cheney out to stump for them, etc. Focus on rallying your own base!

[FBaggins]

4. Sure... but only because it was

Not only... but let's compare the numbers

The ones cited above are very close to 2020. What changed is that in 2020 47% of the voters rated the economy as "not good" or "poor".

This time around it was 73% and they went overwhelmingly for Trump. White voters made up slightly less of the electorate but voted slightly more for Trump. A much smaller impact than views on the economy.

While Black voters were less likely to vote for Harris than they voted for Biden. And Women were slightly less likely to support her than Biden

[Yavin4]

10. You are rationalizing when the truth is staring you right in the face.n/t

[FBaggins]

15. I suppose it seems that way when you're stuck in your own confirmation bias

The problem with your theory is that is isn't based in reality. White men were two percent more likely to vote for Trump against Harris as they were for Biden. White women were also two percent more likely.

The problem here - is that Georgians in general were two percent more likely to vote for Trump in 2024 than in 2020.

[Yavin4]

18. Still rationalizing

Not analyzing

[FBaggins]

19. Says the poster with no analysis at all?

Yeah... that's devastating.

[Jk23]

14. Seems like they were right. The race of Kamela barely moved the needle. NT

[Ocelot II]

2. I guess a lot of white women don't think they or their daughters

will ever have a pregnancy that goes seriously wrong. Do they think only Black and Hispanic women bleed to death in hospital parking lots?

[FBaggins]

17. The abortion statistics are far more interesting than race

The proportion of the electorate that said that abortion should be legal in all/most cases increased substantially from 52% to 62%

But it did not sway vote selection more significantly. Only 29% of the "should be legal in most cases" voters favored Trump in 2020... but 48% of that group supported him this time around. While the (smaller) proportion that opposed abortion actually increased their support (by about 10%) for Trump this time.

One state and limited data - but if confirmed this could support the theory that Dobbs' sending the issue back to the states is changing it's impact on national races.

[mathematic]

26. I saw that earlier today in the overall exit polls and figured it must be a composition effect

Since the "legal" side increased so much there must have been a lot of Trump voters changing their mind on abortion but clearly not on Trump. Who knows if that's because they believe Trump won't implement extreme abortion restrictions or they simply don't prioritize the issue enough to change their vote.

[raccoon]

24. I reckon they do think that.

[AkFemDem]

5. Trump up from 2020: White +2, Hispanics + 5, Black +1

How/why?

[bearsfootball516]

9. Exit polls are telling.

45 percent of the country said they're worse off than they were 4 years ago, 75 percent said they've suffered personally from higher prices and inflation over the last 12 months.

I'm smart enough to know everything Biden and the Democrats have done to get costs and inflation down, but when that many people are hurting, they take it out on the top of the ticket.

[SoCalDavidS]

29. I Honestly Can't Deal With The People In This Country Anymore

Present company excepted, of course.

[Keepthesoulalive]

31. Social media

Propaganda from the mainstream media.

[andym]

6. Trump did about the same as last time with white people in the NBC election polls: 69% in 2020 vs 71% in 2024

2% better with white people overall... 71% (2024) vs 69% (2020). Probably within the MOE of the exit poll which isn't given.

white women 69% (2024) vs 67% (2020) Trump did 2% better
white men 71% (2024) vs 72% (2020) Trump did 1% worse

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-elections/georgia-president-results/

[The Unmitigated Gall]

7. 74% of white men, 69% of white women.

Voted to throw their daughters to the wolves.

[Yavin4]

8. Hey, didn't somethings happen between 2020 and 2024?

Let me check my notes here......

1/6
Indictments
Rape conviction
34 convictions in NYC

[The Unmitigated Gall]

25. I'm not sure what your point is.

You reported that a large majority of white men and women in GA opted to vote for Trump.
I observed that effectively they voted to endanger the lives of their daughters.

[Island Blue]

13. That tracks.

I’m white. I know a lot of white people. Definitely sounds like something they’d do.

[Jit423]

11. First rule of combat: know your enemies.

Know the opposition.

[brush]

12. Pathetic is the only thing that needs to be said. POCs will not be trump's only victims.

[grobertj]

21. My bigger concern as the massive shift in Latinos

[Yavin4]

36. It should bc it's part of the same pattern.

A number of Latinos identify as White.

[raccoon]

23. But of course it wasn't about race. :sarcasm:

[ThePartyThatListens]

27. Yep...

That sounds about white.

[SoCalDavidS]

28. Yeah, Clearly The Women Will Save Us nt

[JCMach1]

32. Race and Misogyny... Full stop

[Klarkashton]

33. Add to the price of eggs a black woman running

And you get trump.

[Keepthesoulalive]

34. Remember Lee Atwater

He said you can’t say the n word anymore but you can say crime , now it’s economics. They will always shift to something less controversial.

[cilla4progress]

35. Can't wait till we are a majority

"minority" country.