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Early Voting has surged among Black Georgians, spanning age, gender, and region
Senator Jon Ossoff is heading into Election Day with overwhelming strength following the conclusion of Georgia’s Early Vote period, which saw staggering voter turnout – particularly among young Black Georgians.
The Early Vote period, which ran from October 13th through the 30th, saw a surge in turnout among Black and young voters, with Black turnout up 29 percent since the last midterm election and with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporting that Black and young voters “are heading to the polls at a significantly faster clip than during the last midterm election.”
119,946 Black Georgians under 30 voted early in person compared to 66,804 in 2022, which is a 79% increase. More Georgians under 30 voted early in person on every one of the 18 days of early voting than on the same day of the week in 2022, and they were a bigger share of each day’s in-person voters every day.
Georgia’s high Early Vote turnout follows a monumental voter mobilization effort by Sen. Ossoff, who has worked throughout the 2026 election cycle to boost Democrats up and down the ballot, including by investing in the Democratic Party of Georgia’s Coordinated Campaign to the tune of $3.6 million and rebuilding the state party infrastructure. Earlier this year, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the Democratic Party of Georgia has built huge organizational strength under Sen. Ossoff’s leadership, with the coordinated campaign starting earlier than ever before. Under Sen. Ossoff’s leadership, the Coordinated Campaign opened 30 field offices and hired over 140 coordinated campaign staffers, establishing the biggest operation the Democratic Party of Georgia has ever had.
This also follows a new poll that shows Ossoff’s strength with a high approval rating of 55 percent, including strong support from independents, even after Republicans have spent millions of dollars on TV and digital ads targeting him.
KEY FIGURES
Black Georgians:
889,780 Black Georgians voted early in person, 29 percent more than in all of 2022’s early in-person voting (685,478 in 2022).
More Black Georgians voted early in person on every one of the 18 days of early voting than on that same day of the week in 2022.
Black voters made up 32.9 percent of the early in-person vote, up from 30.0 percent in 2022.
The growth spans location, with Black early in-person voting up in metro Atlanta, in Georgia’s other cities, in small-town and rural Georgia, and in more than 145 of Georgia’s 159 counties.
The growth spans all ages, with a 79 percent surge among Black Georgians under 30; 31 percent among Black Georgians 30 to 44; 12 percent among Black Georgians 45 to 64, and 40 percent among Black Georgians 65 and older.
The growth spans gender, with both Black women and men voting early in person in bigger numbers. Specifically, 558,618 women and 331,044 men, up 31 percent and 27 percent from 2022.
The growth includes many Georgians who skipped the last midterm, with 139,575 Black Georgians who were registered in Georgia before the 2022 midterm but did not participate in that election voting early in person this year. People who were under 18 or not yet registered in Georgia in 2022 are not in this count.
Young Georgians:
304,239 Georgians under 30 voted early in person, 48 percent more than in all of 2022’s early in-person voting (204,907 in 2022).
119,946 Black Georgians under 30 voted early in person, 79 percent more than in all of 2022’s early in-person voting, outpacing both Black voters overall and all voters under 30.
More Georgians under 30 voted early in person on every one of the 18 days of early voting than on the same day of the week in 2022, and they were a bigger share of each day’s in-person voters every day.
Voters under 30 made up 11.3 percent of the early in-person vote, up from 9.0 percent in 2022.
Growth among young Georgians spans gender, with 182,635 women and 121,369 men under 30 voting early in person, up 58 percent and 35 percent from 2022.
Growth among young Georgians spans location, with young early in-person voting up in all 15 counties with the most young registered voters, with the biggest percentage gains in Gwinnett and Clayton.
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