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Georgia Democrats set new primary turnout record, outpacing GOP voters
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:48 pm
Democrats set a new turnout record for primary voting in last week’s Georgia vote, soaring past 1 million voters to outpace Republicans during an election plagued by significant obstacles at polling sites.
The latest results, still being tallied as absentee ballots are counted, show Democratic turnout in Georgia surpassed 1,060,851 – the previous high-mark set during the 2008 presidential primary when then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama trounced Hillary Clinton. Republicans lagged behind, with more than 950,000 votes in last week’s contest. But there was no competitive statewide contest on the ballot, since President Donald Trump had already captured his party’s nomination and U.S. Sen. David Perdue faced no primary opposition. Georgia Democrats pointed to the high numbers as another sign of voter enthusiasm headed into the November election. Joe Biden aims to be the first Democratic presidential contender to carry Georgia since 1992, and state Democrats are racing to flip two U.S. Senate seats and a suburban U.S. House seat. The turnout numbers soared mainly due to a surge in absentee ballots after an expansion of mail-in voting ordered by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, amid coronavirus restrictions. A review showed those mail-in ballots were roughly split between Democrats and Republicans.
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The latest results, still being tallied as absentee ballots are counted, show Democratic turnout in Georgia surpassed 1,060,851 – the previous high-mark set during the 2008 presidential primary when then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama trounced Hillary Clinton. Republicans lagged behind, with more than 950,000 votes in last week’s contest. But there was no competitive statewide contest on the ballot, since President Donald Trump had already captured his party’s nomination and U.S. Sen. David Perdue faced no primary opposition. Georgia Democrats pointed to the high numbers as another sign of voter enthusiasm headed into the November election. Joe Biden aims to be the first Democratic presidential contender to carry Georgia since 1992, and state Democrats are racing to flip two U.S. Senate seats and a suburban U.S. House seat. The turnout numbers soared mainly due to a surge in absentee ballots after an expansion of mail-in voting ordered by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, amid coronavirus restrictions. A review showed those mail-in ballots were roughly split between Democrats and Republicans.
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Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:50 pm to FLTech
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The turnout numbers soared mainly due to a surge in absentee ballots after an expansion of mail-in voting
Well then.....
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:50 pm to FLTech
Wait a tic...I thought voters were being suppressed in GA and that's why they need mail-in ballots 
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:50 pm to FLTech
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But there was no competitive statewide contest on the ballot, since President Donald Trump had already captured his party’s nomination and U.S. Sen. David Perdue faced no primary opposition.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:51 pm to FLTech
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The turnout numbers soared mainly due to a surge in absentee ballots after an expansion of mail-in voting
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:51 pm to FLTech
Do republicans really need to go to the primary polls at this point?
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:53 pm to TidenUP
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This post was edited on 1/8/21 at 7:31 pm
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:54 pm to Prominentwon
If 950,000 votes were cast for trump I'd say that's equal enthusiasm.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:55 pm to lazlodawg
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But there was no competitive statewide contest on the ballot, since President Donald Trump had already captured his party’s nomination and U.S. Sen. David Perdue faced no primary opposition.
exactly!
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:57 pm to FLTech
They are tweaking democrat numbers to prepare for fraudulent ballot counting in November.
Tale as old as time.
Tale as old as time.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 2:58 pm to FLTech
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The increase took place despite a series of problems created more hurdles for countless voters.
Tens of thousands never received their absentee ballots in the mail.
A solid victory for the argument in favor of required mail-in voting.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 3:34 pm to FLTech
Posted on 6/15/20 at 3:36 pm to Prominentwon
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Do republicans really need to go to the primary polls at this point?
My congressional district had a contested GOP primary.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 3:45 pm to Prominentwon
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Do republicans really need to go to the primary polls at this point?
They should.
There were a lot of elections that were decided for good in that primary, particularly judges for superior courts and Supreme Court.
In Cobb County, a centrist judge lost to a radical leftist Prog judge backed by Soros.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 4:01 pm to FLTech
What's the point of Primary Voting when Perdue was unopposed, and no statewide elections?
Posted on 6/15/20 at 4:07 pm to FLTech
What happened to that voter suppression that kept Stacy Abrams out of office?...... 
cough cough
cough cough Posted on 6/15/20 at 4:18 pm to GRTiger
This is the beginning of the end. Our one voice in this representative democracy has been corrupted.
Posted on 6/15/20 at 4:46 pm to bogeypro
Don’t believe everything you read in the AJC
Posted on 6/16/20 at 6:42 am to FLTech
Wait, am I reading this correctly : 1,060,851 to 950,000 with no competitive races on the statewide ballot?
And THIS is something to brag about?!?
Posted on 6/16/20 at 6:45 am to FLTech
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The latest results, still being tallied as absentee ballots are counted, show Democratic turnout in Georgia surpassed 1,060,851 – the previous high-mark set during the 2008 presidential primary when then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama trounced Hillary Clinton.
Should someone tell Lebron?
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