Through last night a quarter of all registered voters in Georgia had already cast their ballots. The state has just under 5.6 million registered voters and so far about 1.4 million have voted.
In 2004, a year which saw much higher turnout nationally than in recent decades, about 3.3 million Georgia residents voted. It's hard to say if overall turnout will be significantly higher because, while we know African American turnout will be huge, Republican voters may be less enthusiastic than they were in 2004. Let's say turnout this year hits 3.4 million. With three days of early voting left, including today, it seems reasonable to predict that half or slightly more than half (1.7 million?) of all voters who will cast ballots will have done so before November 4.
Of the 1.4 million early voters, African Americans comprise 35 percent. This is impressive since the group makes up only 19 29 percent of the electorate.
Another way to look at it: 30 percent of African American registered voters have already voted while about 23.6 percent of White registered voters have voted early. These figures include mail-in absentee ballots.
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