A record 3 million people voted early in Georgia's Senate runoffs

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: The Week

Early voting has ended in Georgia ahead of Tuesday's Senate runoffs, with a record 3 million people having cast their ballots.

The previous record for total turnout in a Georgia runoff election was set in 2008, when 2.1 million people participated. The votes for this year's runoff elections won't be counted until polls close at 7 p.m. local time on Tuesday.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that an analysis of state election data shows more ballots have been cast in areas that tend to favor Democrats. Additionally, Black voters have made up a higher percentage of voters so far than during November's presidential election. President-elect Joe Biden won Georgia, becoming the first Democrat in 28 years to take the state. Republicans still have the opportunity to make up ground with in-person voting on Tuesday.

Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) is trying to fend off a challenge from Democrat Jon Ossoff, while Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) is facing off against her Democratic opponent, the Rev. Raphael Warnock. Loeffler was appointed to the seat in December 2019, after GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson resigned due to health issues.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/record-3-million-people-voted-193911956.html

[SpankMe]

1. This means nothing.

Those red Republican assholes will come out in droves on election day. We have to overwhelm them at that time as well as during the early voting phase.

If Republicans keep the senate, government will basically be shut down for 2 to 4 years. If Dems take it, we'll see huge leaps forward in accomplishment of the people's business.

[FloridaBlues]

2. Yes have to agree republicans do show up on Election Day ESP with trump going there

I hope every Dem mails back the ballot around 500 mil still not mailed into polling locations . Please dems bring it home!

[appmanga]

4. You're absolutely right...

...also, the only poll that counts is the one on Election Day. Democracy is on the ballot.

[Ilsa]

7. Weather forecast for north Ga is for mild conditions on Tuesday.

Cold in the morning, warming up to 50s in afternoon, lots of sunshine. That won't help.

[brush]

8. It means something. We just turned the state blue and more people in Dem areas...

have already voted...heavily.

The republicans have some catching up to do. Let's see if they can because they sure didn't on Nov. 3.

Have some optimism. And repugs won't be the only ones voting on Jan.5. And then there's trump telling them not to vote, then to vote, then not tp vpte. Many of them might just stay home out of confusion.

[samsingh]

11. you are right - those repug traitors come out like cockroaches to vote to destroy their country

and vote for the people trying to kill them.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Republicans don't trust mail-in ballots

[dem4decades]

6. They also live in Mountain Dew areas where there's no lines and voting is easy.

[George II]

5. Rough numbers - there were 4.9M in the Perdue/Ossoff election and 3.9M in the Warnock/Loeffler....

....election, and 4.9M in the Biden/trump election.

Having 3M in the early voting is unbelievable!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. Normally, I wish nothing but the best for GA, where I used to live, but, ...

... for Tuesday, I wish for GA the lousiest weather imaginable: high winds, driving rain, freezing rain, ice on roads, anything to keep the right-wingers from getting to their polling places.

... for Wednesday, I wish them sunny, mid-60s weather, so the absentee-ballot counters can get to work.

[Wednesdays]

10. K&R. nt