Voters have one week left to cast an early vote in the 2024 Presidential Election, and Georgia voters are shattering records. In fact, Georgia voters surpassed the 2 million mark as early as last Wednesday – the 10th day of early voting. And on Thursday, the number of early votes cast hit the 2.15 million mark– topping all previous early voting performance marks.
In a discussion with WarRoom Friday, Josh McKoon, Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, emphasized that early voting numbers are revealing a favorable trend for Trump, showcasing a significant shift from 2020. He pointed to a crucial group of 300,000 voters who have already cast ballots this year but did not vote in the previous presidential election.
“We know President Trump does very well among those voters that did not vote in 2020,” McKoon told WarRoom. He attributed the success to strategy set forth by Republican leaders and grassroots.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has even joined the campaign trail during this early voting period.
“What these statistics are showing me,” McKoon said in the interview, “is that the Trump team strategy, the RNC strategy, our strategy of pushing these people to the polls early is working.”
Their goal, McKoon stressed, was to identify and engage voters who felt disconnected or neglected in past cycles, particularly those who did not participate in 2020.
Trump Force 47, the Republican National Committee, Georgia GOP, Turning Point Action, Faith and Freedom Coalition, Tea Party Patriots Action, and other groups have joined together chasing votes and pushing election integrity measures.
According to Republican strategists, the data is compelling. Reports indicate that rural Republican strongholds are experiencing strong voter turnout, with places like Towns County seeing over 50 percent of registered voters participating in early voting. This is particularly notable given that the area voted overwhelmingly—80 percent—for Trump in 2020.
McKoon said he has also observed that urban centers traditionally favoring Democrats, like Atlanta, Columbus, and Savannah, have not seen the same surge, hinting at a potentially advantageous shift for Republicans.
The strategy, according to McKoon, relies on maximizing early turnout to build a strong lead going into Election Day. This proactive approach, he said, simplifies efforts in the final week of the campaign. “Our message has been repeatedly: Get out and vote. Don’t wait. Make a plan, get it done,” he said.
During his interview with WarRoom, McKoon also credited legislative reforms passed after the 2020 election, which tightened Georgia’s absentee ballot process and restricted drop boxes to government buildings. He asserted that these changes have enhanced voter confidence, reducing absentee ballot requests from 1.4 million in 2020 to just 300,000 this year. “We should ultimately have more confidence in our process,” he said, noting the substantial decline as evidence that the measures are already making a difference.
Several political analysts are also speculating that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is massively underperforming with black voters as the election gets closer.
