The state’s 113 counties that voted for Donald Trump by 20 percentage points or more in 2024 combined to hit 54% of the votes they cast on the first day of early voting in 2024, according to state data as of the end of the day Tuesday.
That’s well behind the 64% reached by the 12 counties that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris by that margin.
The counties in the middle, which voted for either Trump or Harris by less than 20 points, were at 66% of their 2024 first-day turnout.
While Georgia voters don’t register by party, this aligns with county and party trends we’ve seen in Virginia and Ohio, where Democrats appear more enthusiastic to vote early, especially at the very start of in-person voting.
It remains to be seen how these trends will hold up. In both Virginia and Ohio, the Democratic advantage has narrowed somewhat since early in-person voting started, but still remains quite positive for the party relative to recent years.
About 190,000 early votes were cast in Georgia Tuesday, which set a record for first-day votes during the midterm election cycle, according to the secretary of state’s office, although the voting window started a day later than in 2022 due to Monday’s holiday.
Early voting data doesn’t reveal who voters are casting ballots for — and with more than two weeks of early voting left, plus Election Day, there is plenty of time for these trends to change.