The large number of Georgians who attended the Georgia primary proved that the Democratic claims about the election law passed in 2021 were false. Democrats had falsely claimed that the law was a “Jim Crow” effort to restrict the vote. This was false. It actually increased voting opportunities. However, the high turnout showed that Georgians could vote in any way they wanted.
However, there is an underlying, fascinating number that is worth talking about — the incredible increase in the GOP primary voting numbers.
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The numbers from Georgia primaries don’t lie. The Republican Party has 96% more voters! pic.twitter.com/stqHoPkaKc
— GOP (@GOP) May 25, 2022
Georgia GOP primary turnout for the year
2006 – 419,254
2010 – 680,499
2014 – 596,218
2018 – 608,380
2022 – 1,109,506— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) May 25, 2022
Republicans at 96 percent, Democrats at 26 percent This is a clear blow to the restriction voting narrative, as both were up.
It also shows an extraordinary increase in Republican voting, which we need to discuss more. Now, a percentage of that is crossover voting — about 7 percent Democrats, who asked for a Republican ballot and voted Republican in an open primary, as my colleague Sarah Lee noted. There’s no question that some of those were Democrats doing a vote against the Trump-endorsed candidates for governor and Secretary of State, as my colleague Joe Cunningham observed. It’s also quite possible that Georgians saw Brian Kemp as the more likely candidate to beat Stacy Abrams than David Perdue, and that was the paramount thought going on there.
But even if there was a certain percentage voting against Trump-endorsed candidates, there’s another important point to be made here–that even without that 7-percent crossover, the enthusiasm for the GOP candidates was up considerably and far more than the Democrats. There are likely a number of crossovers who aren’t doing it to be anti-Trump, but because they’ve had enough with Biden and the Democrats, inflation, and rising gas prices. Now you have parents that have been arrested for CRT, gender identity, and the whole chaos being propagated by Democrats.
Your numbers were also impressive for Trump-endorsed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, (R-GA), and Herschel Walker with both receiving around 70%. What does this say about crossover?
Walker’s numbers in a contested primary vs. Warnock’s numbers are a warning for Democrats.
It’s actually much worse than that: Walker got more than 100K votes than Warnock.
Either voter suppression is working in Georgia or Dems don’t care about voting.
This is very disappointing news for November pic.twitter.com/ICxGzFAyFa— Mona Sigal M.D. (@MonaSigal) May 25, 2022
The enthusiasm seems far higher for the Republican candidates than for the Democratic candidates, and it’s one more indication that a tsunami is likely on the way in November. If Republicans keep their heads above water, this is good news.
It isn’t ultimately about Democrats trying to play politics over Trump or Jan. 6 or whatever Democrats would like to be pushing. It’s largely about the economy and that’s what’s going to sink the Democrats– both in Georgia and elsewhere.
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