Over 5 million Georgia voters headed to the polls, 2.66 million turned the swing state back to red

November 7th, 2024

Election workers sit at a row of tables at the Fulton County Elections Hub. — Election workers prepare to process absentee ballots at the Fulton County Elections Hub on Monday, November 4, 2024. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

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.

While winning over 70% of votes in metro Atlanta counties like Fulton, DeKalb and Clayton, Harris finished second statewide with 48.5% of total ballots, or 2,542,236 votes.

Third party candidates Chase Oliver of the Libertarian Party and Jill Stein of the Green Party received 0.4% and 0.3% respectively.

On the campaign trail, the state saw numerous visits from Trump, Harris, Vice President-elect JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to drive up voter engagement.

More than 3.5 million people cast their ballots during the three-week early voting period.

“Thank you to all the Georgians who did their duty to vote in the safest, most secure election in our nation’s history,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said during a press conference Tuesday night. “Millions of voters showed up to vote and you voted in record numbers.”

Raffensperger and the voting records of the state were the subject of national attention last election cycle.

In a 2020 phone call, Trump pressed Raffensperger to “find him 11,780 votes,” one more than the margin separating him from Biden at the time. Trump remains under indictment in Georgia on racketeering, conspiracy and other charges for attempts to interfere with the outcome of the election, but the courts paused the case amid misconduct accusations against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

After Trump’s win in the state this year, there was no public speculation from the president-elect on potential voter fraud this time around.

Sam Gringlas contributed to this report.