By the numbers: Demographic shifts have worked against Republicans’ hold in Georgia, Axios’ Stef Kight reports.
Nearly a third of Georgians are Black, and white people’s share of the population has fallen significantly in the past two decades.
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With the pandemic and push toward early voting, white early voting has increased 64% in Georgia compared to the same point in 2016, according to TargetSmart. But early ballots cast by Black voters has increased 88%.
While they together make up less than 5% of early votes cast so far, Hispanic American and Asian American early voting has increased 227% and 277%, respectively.
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