Georgia early vote ends today, and it looks like it’s finishing strong.
Without the results or partisan ID, it is difficult to determine what’s going on. One very clear pattern that we do know - older voters voted as soon as possible (voters 65+ completely dominated the first week of voting, but have significantly fallen off since); young…
Georgia early vote ends today, and it looks like it’s finishing strong.
Without the results or partisan ID, it is difficult to determine what’s going on. One very clear pattern that we do know - older voters voted as soon as possible (voters 65+ completely dominated the first week of voting, but have significantly fallen off since); young voters tended to wait until later to vote (e.g., voters under 45 made up more than half of the vote today).
Which lines up nicely with the theory/prediction that the election day vote will have decent turnout from young voters as well.
(For the pessimists who call this copium, just go back to pre-2020 election cycles and look at photos on who is standing in line on election day after 6 PM. It is almost always folks under 40)
Georgia early vote ends today, and it looks like it’s finishing strong.
Without the results or partisan ID, it is difficult to determine what’s going on. One very clear pattern that we do know - older voters voted as soon as possible (voters 65+ completely dominated the first week of voting, but have significantly fallen off since); young voters tended to wait until later to vote (e.g., voters under 45 made up more than half of the vote today).
Which lines up nicely with the theory/prediction that the election day vote will have decent turnout from young voters as well.
(For the pessimists who call this copium, just go back to pre-2020 election cycles and look at photos on who is standing in line on election day after 6 PM. It is almost always folks under 40)
I have an unproven theory that young people are just more likely to procrastinate
I think this is true more generally of Democratic voters, all else equal.
I work with young people. I can prove your theory! 😁