Trump Victory in Georgia Accompanied by Record Voter Turnout with Over 5 Million Ballots Cast

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Georgia was one of the first states to be called for President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday, and the Georgia Secretary of State reported Wednesday that Peach State voters cast a record 5,287,085 million ballots recorded at press time, breaking a the last turnout record set during the 2020 election.

In total, Georgia saw more than 4.1 million voters cast their ballot before Election Day, though just over 3.75 million Georgians chose to cast their early votes in person, compared to under 350,000 who voted with an absentee ballot.

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Analysis: Republicans Surpass Democrats in Early Voting in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina

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Republicans appear to have flipped the script on the 2020 election, which featured Democrats winning the election narrowly in Georgia, Arizona and Wisconsin by banking early votes that former President Donald Trump was unable to overcome with Election Day turnout, this time outpacing Democrats with early and mail-in votes combined in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina, NBC News reports.

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