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In response to
"oh, there is a line for early voting -- nm"
by
ty97
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The Georgia early voting picture:
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In Georgia, more than 540,000 ballots had already been cast as of Wednesday, eclipsing the total number of early voters in 2004. Georgia doesn't track absentee ballots by political party, but many of those votes were in the Democratic strongholds of metropolitan Atlanta.
Also, black voters, who overwhelmingly support Obama, made up a disproportionately high percentage of Georgia's early voters, accounting for 37 percent. Blacks represent 29 percent of the state's 5.6 million registered voters.
Polls show Obama trailing McCain in Georgia, but high turnout among black voters could make the race more competitive.
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