Historic early voter turnout in GA

[Cattledog]

Through Thursday, 944,426 people had voted in Georgia – that’s almost three times as many ballots cast as at the same point in the last midterm elections in 2014.

Jimmy Lee, a 34-year-old certified public accountant, said he considers himself an independent voter who votes for both Republicans and Democrats. This year, however, he said, he was voting not only for Stacey Abrams, but voting a straight ticket for all Democrats.

“I think we have moved too far to the right,” Lee said. “And we need to move closer to the center.”

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[CottonBear]

1. 944,427: I early voted in Georgia on Friday.

It was a cold 52 degrees, overcast and raining. I stood in an outdoor line for 15 minutes with my fellow citizens. Turnout is strong, big and ongoing.

[NoMoreRepugs]

2. There is a glimmer of light beginning across the USA....

[rateyes]

3. I was one of them. I thought 2016 line was long, but

holy cow, what a line yesterday afternoon! Took 2 hours to get to the front of it.

[Scarsdale]

4. So, tRump is correct.

He DOES "bring people together" at the voting booth!! Great to see this enthusiasm.

[regnaD kciN]

5. Is there a party breakdown?

I know Dead Intern Joe was tweeting a couple of days ago that, so far, Republicans were substantially ahead in early voting numbers, unlike two years ago. Wondering if that has changed since then?

[JayhawkSD]

6. So he's moving us to the center by voting entirely for the left.

Sorry, but I find that kind of thinking to be muddy, at best.

When we stopped voting for issues, and started voting for party ideology, democracy died.