Georgia Early Voting Turnout & Polling Hours 2016 - Quinnipiac poll of GA EV: HRC 48% DT 42%

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Source: Heavy.com

Published 5:01 pm EDT, October 27, 2016
As thousands of Georgians line up to vote early, there are signs that the presidential race here may be much closer than anticipated.
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Going into the early voting period, many who follow politics were shocked to see Georgia gradually turn from a solidly red state to a battleground. The state has not voted for a Democrat since 1992, yet a recent Atlantic-Journal Constitution poll had Trump and Clinton within the margin of error. Another from Quinnipiac had them tied, 46 percent to 46 percent. As early voting commences, the main question to be asked while looking at the results is, are these polls accurate?

Georgia does not release information about how many Democrats and Republicans have voted early, but it does provide us an overall number so we can see how turnout is this year compared to years prior. As of October 26th, about 937,000 votes have been cast in the state of Georgia, according to Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp. However, there are an additional 102,000 absentee ballots that have not yet been mailed back in, which would bring the total to 1,039,000. Assuming all those votes are returned, roughly 21 percent of the state’s registered voters will have voted early as of the 26th, and there’s still over a week left to go.
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Because Georgia doesn’t give out information about the turnout of each party, we don’t know too many specifics about where the race is headed. But some polls of Georgia’s early voters have been released, and while these should be taken with a grain of salt and while they are not the same thing as data from the state itself, they’re still worth a look. Shockingly, a new Quinnipiac poll found that Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump among Georgia early voters 48 percent to 42 percent.

Read more: http://heavy.com/news/2016/10/georgia-early-voting-turnout-results-2016-election-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-polling-hours-locations/

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I really really liked that last sentence.

Donald doesn't want us to vote. He wants to rule without an election.

We have been saying this all along. We vote. We win. Every vote. Every state.

[SunSeeker]

1. K & R

[Cha]

2. Shocking!!! I tell ya!! Yay for Georgia!

Thank you, ffr! Still stoked from seeing Hillary and Michelle in Winston-Salem live streaming this morning!

[vadermike]

3. Is that

Early vote enough to prevail on Election Day ? If the early vote stays let's say us leading by 6 to 7 points ?

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4. Can't say, but it's something to keep an eye on.

Must be a lot of pissed off women and men and vets and military types and young and old in Georgia.

[vadermike]

5. Cool

How sweet will it be to have it called on the east coast along with our eastern seaboard states !! Would be the beginning of a possible blow out ! GOTV ! I hope so !!

[BumRushDaShow]

7. The state of Georgia is 31% black

And there has been a large migration of northern blacks (including my own close family) to the state in the past 10 - 15 years. If only a good chunk would bother to vote, one would think it would be enough to consistently throw that state to the D column. The reality is that it isn't "deep red" but purple, with far too many blue non-voters.

[LisaL]

13. Who knows at this point?

[gademocrat7]

6. K&R

Hope we can be part of the blue wave.

[beachbum bob]

8. many northern liberals have moved to Georgia....Atlanta area

really what happens in Georgia is all based on democrats GOTV efforts and while early voting is good...what happens on election day will make or break where the state goes....very little DNC money if any, has been spent which is unfortunate because a state like Georgia and even Texas could go BLUE.....

[livetohike]

9. K&R

[Phentex]

11. I think these numbers are deceptive...

I know for a fact that my Republican neighbors are voting for Clinton this time. They told me they were. I have to believe that there are many more like them, the ones who just cannot stomach the thought of Trump being president but the ones who still want to vote.

I will be surprised if Clinton wins Georgia. However, I don't know if you can simply assume that registered Republicans are voting for Trump in this case.

[LisaL]

12. Nobody is assuming all registered republicans are voting for Trump.

These numbers are based on a poll of those who already voted.

[Phentex]

14. I guess I am confusing with another thread that was

talking about the numbers based on the number of registered voters. Either way it's very freaky to hear actual Republicans saying they are voting for Clinton.