Rural Georgia counties outpace Dem strongholds as Peach State shatters early voting records

Rural Georgians are voting aboriginal astatine a higher complaint than those surviving successful Democratic-leaning counties that were cardinal to President Biden flipping the authorities bluish successful 2020, the astir caller information show.

Of the state’s 159 counties, the apical 23 for absentee and aboriginal in-person elector turnout were won by former President Donald Trump successful 2020, according to the state's elections website.

That includes the agrarian counties of Towns, Oconee and Rabun – which person seen 69.06%, 65.51%, and 64.46% of their progressive voters already casting ballots, respectively.

Towns County voters outpaced the Georgia region mean aboriginal turnout complaint by astir 15%, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

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Rural counties won by erstwhile President Donald Trump successful 2020 person truthful acold outpaced bluish strongholds successful percent of colonisation voting early. (Getty Images)

That includes suburban blue-leaning Cobb County and Gwinnett County, arsenic good arsenic the Democratic stronghold of Fulton County – location to Atlanta.

Of Fulton County’s progressive voters, 53.51% formed ballots earlier Election Day.

Georgia has smashed aboriginal voting records since aboriginal voting began connected Oct. 15. On Wednesday evening, authorities officials announced that much than fractional of the state’s full progressive voters person already formed ballots.

Turnout successful respective agrarian areas that favored Trump is already adjacent to full 2020 turnout, projections show. 

Atlanta metro-area counties that voted for Biden are inactive importantly larger than agrarian areas with higher turnout, however. 

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The counties President Biden won successful 2020 are lagging down agrarian areas successful percent of aboriginal ballot turnout, but inactive outpace those red-leaning places successful sheer numbers. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Nearly 385,000 Fulton County voters formed aboriginal in-person ballots, followed by 275,207 from Gwinnett County and 271,426 from Cobb County.

By contrast, conscionable nether 7,000 Towns County residents voted successful idiosyncratic during Georgia’s aboriginal voting period, which runs done Friday, Nov. 1.

Regardless, the spike successful aboriginal voting successful agrarian parts of Georgia could beryllium a motion that Trump and Republicans person been palmy successful their efforts to gin up enthusiasm among their base.

It besides could alteration perceptions of the mode analysts and predictors construe elector turnout – traditionally, aboriginal voting would heavy favour Democrats portion an Election Day surge could assistance Republicans.

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Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris person some poured important resources into Georgia. (Getty Images)

Dave Wasserman, of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, noted connected X that aboriginal turnout successful immoderate agrarian reddish Georgia counties was connected way to lucifer their full turnout, but said it was not needfully an indicator of who would win.

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"It's notable that a spot similar Towns Co. (Trump +61 successful '20) is astatine 92% of its last '20 turnout, portion Clayton Co. (Biden +71) is astatine 69% of its '20 turnout," helium wrote connected X.

"Doesn't archer america who volition triumph GA, conscionable that Dems person much enactment to bash than Rs to crook retired their ballot successful the last days."

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