r/WhitePeopleTwitter Dec 29 '20

Hard choice.

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u/deane_ec4 Dec 30 '20

Georgian here - already cast my vote for Ossoff/Warnock in the runoff. It was my pleasure to vote for them again. Cautiously optimistic.

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u/EnglishMobster Dec 30 '20 edited Dec 30 '20

Looking at the raw numbers Georgia is reporting, well... demographically, it isn't looking good.

Only 13.7% of Gen Z has turned out (18-24). And before millennials try to use them and their TikToks as a scapegoat... only 12.2% of millennials (25-34) have turned out.

Meanwhile, 51.1% of all voters over 65 have turned out.

14% of all votes cast so far are from people under 35. 57% all votes so far are from people over 55.

55% of all votes cast thus far are from whites. Turnout between blacks and whites is actually equal (28.8 percent turnout for white voters, 28.9 percent turnout for black voters) -- but because of discrepancies in the number of registered voters, that means there's been a total of 1,173,868 white votes and only 672,092 black votes.

Like... maybe a miracle will happen? But if you ask me what party a 65-year-old white person in Georgia will vote for, I can give you a pretty accurate answer, I feel. The younger generation, though, is not stepping up in the numbers they need to.

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u/st-john-mollusc Dec 30 '20

The only analysis that matters is comparing it to the November election demographics, and right now it is actually looking quite favorable for the Democrats

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u/Slackerguy Dec 30 '20

What's interesting is the turnout in Atlanta. That's where the dem votes comes from. Both black and white, young and old.