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WarGamer

(14,849 posts)
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:21 PM 17 hrs ago

WCJL - Savannah: Low turnout of Black voters during early voting in Georgia

This is somewhat of a head scratcher...

Again we need more data. Are black early votes DOWN or are White votes UP pushing down the black percentage??

https://www.wjcl.com/article/black-voter-turn-out-during-early-voting-in-georgia/62698089

A call to get black voters to the polls after recent numbers show a low turnout during early voting.

Early voting is underway in Georgia, and the state has surpassed 2 million ballots submitted.
Only 26% of those votes are people of color, while white voters make up more than 30%, according to Georgia's sectary of state office.

On average, nearly 200,000 ballots are submitted across the state daily, and the lack of black voters in that number is a concern for many.

"You stand in line for Jordan and phones. Why not stand in line to vote? " Brittany Clay said.



We all know... this election will be WON or LOST by GOTV efforts.
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WCJL - Savannah: Low turnout of Black voters during early voting in Georgia (Original Post) WarGamer 17 hrs ago OP
that leaves 44 per cent unaccounted for. who are they? msongs 16 hrs ago #1
So 44% Are Not White OR People Of Color??? ChoppinBroccoli 16 hrs ago #4
I found the GA SoS site WarGamer 16 hrs ago #10
The Sun belt looking dicey in general.. tman 16 hrs ago #2
Hard to say. Chatham county went 59% for Biden in 2020. Some voters might be dropping Silent Type 16 hrs ago #3
Maybe a lot of people aren't voting early this time. Ocelot II 16 hrs ago #5
I confused by this article standingtall 16 hrs ago #6
I think the op is about Savannah which is higher population black. Bev54 16 hrs ago #8
Yeah but the article says 2 million votes have been cast State wide standingtall 16 hrs ago #9
this WarGamer 16 hrs ago #11
I clicked on a bunch of standingtall 15 hrs ago #12
I thought the interface was VERY clunky WarGamer 15 hrs ago #13
A lot of our people voted early in 2020 due to Covid Wanderlust988 16 hrs ago #7

ChoppinBroccoli

(3,889 posts)
4. So 44% Are Not White OR People Of Color???
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:33 PM
16 hrs ago

What else is there? "People of color" kind of encompasses EVERYONE who's not white, doesn't it?

tman

(1,125 posts)
2. The Sun belt looking dicey in general..
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:26 PM
16 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:32 AM - Edit history (1)

Might all come back to MI, WI, PA.

That's all she needs.

Silent Type

(6,038 posts)
3. Hard to say. Chatham county went 59% for Biden in 2020. Some voters might be dropping
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:32 PM
16 hrs ago

ballots off, mailing them, hoping it will get cooler, just about anything. Admittedly, if continues it’s a problem.

Ocelot II

(119,835 posts)
5. Maybe a lot of people aren't voting early this time.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:33 PM
16 hrs ago

Early voting in 2020 was considerably motivated by the pandemic; do people feel the same need to vote early if they're not worried about getting covid at a crowded polling place? What really matters is that they vote, not when they vote.

standingtall

(2,892 posts)
6. I confused by this article
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:39 PM
16 hrs ago

This say 2 million votes the State has surpassed 2 million ballots.

Says only 26% of early voters are people of color. While White voters makeup 30%. Well according to the 2020 census POC color only make up about 35% Statewide while Whites makeup about 50%. Sounds to me like POC are over performing. Plus it's first day or two of early voting there and it's not 2020 where Trump told repubs not to vote early and the Democrats who had always voted on election day had to vote early. I suspect the later early votes will break heavily for Democrats and repubs will have less voters voting on election day then they did in 2020. Their will still be more repubs voting then Democrats on election day, but there will be significantly more Democrats voting on election day then in 2020.

Bev54

(11,785 posts)
8. I think the op is about Savannah which is higher population black.
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:42 PM
16 hrs ago

I am not too worried as republicans have been pushing their voters to vote early this year.

standingtall

(2,892 posts)
9. Yeah but the article says 2 million votes have been cast State wide
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:45 PM
16 hrs ago

and Savannah only has about a population of 200,000 in the City and a little over 400,000 in the Metro area.

standingtall

(2,892 posts)
12. I clicked on a bunch of
Thu Oct 24, 2024, 12:21 AM
15 hrs ago

Chatham Counties doesn't seem any worse than much of the State 30.1 which seems to be around the average for the State and Fulton is 32% The Chatham numbers could've been updated, because the first time I clicked on it it was 26.8%, but the second time it spiked to over 30% or I did something wrong.

Wanderlust988

(564 posts)
7. A lot of our people voted early in 2020 due to Covid
Wed Oct 23, 2024, 11:41 PM
16 hrs ago

I think it's not a good idea to compare numbers to 2020 because of the pandemic.

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