Nearly 5.3 million Georgia voters turned out for Tuesday’s presidential election, breaking the state’s record for highest number of ballots cast set in November 2020.
Roughly 63% of registered Georgia voters participated in the election. On Tuesday, most counties posted the bulk of early and absentee votes by 8 p.m., and Election Day votes followed later in the evening.
50.7% of the state cast their ballots for President-elect Donald Trump with a total of 2,657,668, turning swing state Georgia back red after President Joe Biden won the state four years ago.
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