Georgia early voting tops 1.33 million ballots, fourth in the nation; Asian voters at 2.4%
ATLANTA, Georgia — Atlanta, in Fulton County, Georgia, is the center of gravity for early voting in the state. According to the University of Florida Election Lab tracker, 1,330,455 ballots had been cast in Georgia as of 8 a.m. on October 22, the fourth-highest total in the nation, behind California (more than 1.9 million), Texas (more than 1.7 million) and Florida (more than 1.6 million).
Voters over 65 make up the largest share at 44%, followed by ages 40 to 65 at 40.8%; only 10.8% of early voters are 26 to 40, and under 5% are under 25. Women account for 55% of the early vote, versus 44.2% for men. White voters make up 52%, Black voters 33.5%, Hispanic voters 2.8% and Asian voters 2.4%, with 8.1% listed as multiple or unknown ethnicity. Metro Atlanta counties carry the bulk: Fulton has cast more than 163,000 ballots, DeKalb more than 113,000, Cobb more than 110,000 and Gwinnett more than 105,000, while rural Echols County has the state's lowest count at 221.
Georgia's U.S. Senate race, in which Republican Mike Collins is challenging Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff, is being watched nationally. Early voting runs through October 30, ahead of Election Day on November 3.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 佐治亚州议会大厦。图片：Harrison Keely，CC BY 4.0，经Wikimedia Commons。 / The Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. Photo: Harrison Keely, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
