Early voting drops 3% statewide as Davidson, Shelby counties see major declines

[RandySF]

More than 2.2 million Tennesseans cast ballots during early voting over the past two weeks as turnout nearly reached 46%, nearly 3% fewer than the 2020 presidential election total.

Early voting in person totaled 2,132,610, and 82,253 were cast by mail, for a total of 2,214,870 through Oct. 31, the final day of early voting, according to the Secretary of State’s office.

Though some involved in the presidential election are calling it the most important one in this era, early voting numbers don’t quite match that view, falling 2.89%. Tennessee typically sees about half of voters go to the polls early.

Early voting turnout in the 2020 presidential election between current President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, who was the incumbent at the time, hit 2,280,767, nearly 66,000 more than cast ballots so far in this year’s election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump.

Both early voting totals, though, are much higher than in 2016 when 1.67 million Tennesseans cast ballots early as Trump defeated former Vice President Hillary Clinton, the Secretary of State’s figures show.



https://tennesseelookout.com/2024/11/01/early-voting-drops-3-statewide-as-davidson-shelby-counties-see-major-declines/

[JohnSJ]

1. "former Vice President Hillary Clinton". That's news to me. Does Joe Biden know about this?

[Ontheboundry]

2. As a life long tennessean

COVID played a sincere impact on voting habits in our cities. Also, because we are "decided by 8' state, the enthusiasm isnt as great for Dems here

[Docreed2003]

3. TN is a "non-voting" state largely thanks to the GOP state legislature

Make it hard to vote or diminish the impact of voters in blue areas through gerrymandering and you diminish their voting power. It's disgusting.

[Ontheboundry]

6. How does gerry mandering

Effect a state wide election? All of our state wide elections tend to see similar results which has not a single thing to do with Gerry mandering

[Docreed2003]

7. Look at the way the gerrymandering is done

Then look at how easy it is to vote in certain areas vs other areas. Then look at how many people actually vote vs the population of the state.

Tennessee is a non-voting state and it's that way be design of the GoP legislature.

[piddyprints]

4. TN is in the bag for IQ45.

I doubt that will ever change. Disappointing that people aren’t turning out to get rid of monster Marsha.

[OldBaldy1701E]

5. Yeah... I feel that it is because of two things...

One: gerrymandering. They have ruined any chance for voting to be unbiased. Their rigging is a part of why certain people find it difficult to vote and therefore they will not worry about it.

Two: plenty of them want the chaos that reelecting that orange gibbon will bring. It is not looking good for him. But, they cannot vote for a Democrat because of all the programming the rethugs have been subjected to for over 20 years. Therefore, they will sit it out. Hopefully.

The issue is that the first one affects more Democrats than rethugs and the other will affect more rethugs than any others.

Tennessee is like most red states that are under the control of the more radical right wingers. They want control, they want the ability to make themselves richer and they want to take their troubles out on anyone who does not look like them (as well as create theater for their adoring fan base). Yet, Davidson County is basically Nashville, and Nashville is an art town, despite the typical perception of country artists as always being bright 'red'. It is also the state capitol. So, you get quite the mashup of crazy conservatives and frustrated liberals. But, the 'old guard' is tough to displace, especially when the entire electoral process has been corrupted one party to insure that they can stay in power.