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A breakdown of early voting in Georgia by race, age and gender

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A breakdown of early voting in Georgia by race, age and gender

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Georgia is seeing record early voter turnout, with over 365,000 ballots cast across the Peach State since early voting began on Tuesday, October 15th.

According to the Secretary of State's Election Data Center, over 340,000 of those ballots were cast in person. Another 23,400 mail-in ballots were accepted by Wednesday morning.

While early voting is always a popular choice among Georgia voters, 2024 stands out. The total number of ballots cast on the first day represents a 123% increase compared to the state's previous record, Gabriel Sterling, COO of the Georgia Secretary of State's Office, said on X.

Here's a breakdown of 2024 voting data so far by race, gender and age. All voting data will be collected starting Wednesday at 11 a.m. ET.

Race/ethnicity

White voters cast the most ballots — nearly 208,000 as of Wednesday morning. So far they make up 5.6% of the total voter turnout. Black voters cast nearly 112,000 ballots, representing 5.2% of the vote.

Those whose ethnicity is listed as “Other/Unknown” voted over 33,000 times, accounting for 4.3% of the vote. Meanwhile, Hispanic/Latino voters cast about 7,500 votes on the first day of early voting.

The fewest voters come from Asian Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaska Native voters, with just under 7,000 and 1,500 votes cast, respectively.

Gender

As of Wednesday morning, women represent 54.2% of all voters so far, with just over 198,000 ballots cast. Men make up 45.5% of voters, with over 166,000 voting early.

0.2% of Georgia voters identified their gender identity as “other” and cast 885 ballots.

These numbers currently reflect the gender demographics during the last presidential election in Georgia. In the 2020 election, women made up 52.6% of the electorate, while men made up 47.4%.

Old

With over 57,000 votes cast, voter turnout by age has so far been highest among those aged 65 to 69.

Younger voters between the ages of 18 and 34 cast about 40,000 ballots on the first day of early voting, representing 5.1% of the electorate.

About 61 voters who are 100 years old or older cast ballots in the 2024 election. One of those voters is former President Jimmy Carter, who turned 100 on October 1st. Carter's dying wish, his grandson Jason told the Atlanta Journal Constitution, was to vote for Kamala Harris.

Melissa Cruz is an elections consultant who focuses on voter access issues for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at [email protected] or on X, formerly Twitter, @MelissaWrites22.

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