Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Early Voting In Georgia Over 36% Of 2004's Numbers



Here's where it stands:

Number of ballots cast:1,206,891

Number of ballots voted in person: 1,040,975
Number of mail-in ballots returned: 165,916

Turn out Demographics:

Black Female
266,350
Black Male
160,726
White Female
402,984
White Male
328,229
Asia-PI Female
3,097
Asia-PI Male
2,298
Hisp-Lt Female
3,867
Hisp-Lt Male
3,079
Native AM Female
84
Native AM Male
84
Other
36,093
Total
1,206,891

Top 5 Counties in turn out:

1. Dekalb: 108,392
2. Fulton: 92,332
3. Cobb: 66,096
4. Gwinnett: 59,121
5. Henry: 41,226


Sully talks about the black folk:

...a very heavy black turnout. I really don't think we have fully absorbed what a massive - and I mean massive - black turnout could do in this election.

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