Remember Gabriel Sterling? He was that bespectacled, gray-haired Republican COO for Georgia's Secretary of State who scolded Trump and his minions in December 2020 for claiming nonexistent voter fraud and threatening elections workers.
He's still in that COO job, so on the first day of early voting in Georgia, he seems a reliable source for the following:
"As of 4:15 we have seen over 100,000 Georgians cast their votes early," he tweeted. "This blows away the previous midterm first-day record of approximately 72,000, and we have lots of voting to go today."
Holy catnip! If that rate keeps up, Georgia voters are on track to match their 2020 Presidential turnout. With numbers like that, Democrats usually win. (Here's Senator Raphael Warnock, helping with turnout by adding his own vote today.)
What to do? Easy-peasy. Here's an updated list of polling averages for the most competitive Senate races. NOTE: These are polling averages, which you should pay attention to — not individual polls, which you should ignore. Pick a race or two or three and help the Democrat out.
- Ohio, D+0.3
- Nevada, R+0.7
- North Carolina, R+2.1
- Wisconsin, R+2.9
- Georgia, D+3.9
- Florida, R+4.6
- Pennsylvania, D+5.7
- Arizona, D+6.3
- Iowa, R+7.4
- Utah, R+7.8
A few observations: With races this close (especially the top four), you can make a real difference by giving money, writing letters and post cards, phone banking, and, if you live in those states, volunteering to knock on doors. Even non-voter-contact jobs like data entry, putting up campaign signs, helping to organize events, and heck, just making coffee in the campaign headquarters all contribute to the cause.
Another note: The only Democrat in trouble on this list is Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada. If she loses, we'll have to pick up three seats instead of two. Help her out here. We cats PURR.
UPDATE, October 18: More than 130,000 Georgians cast votes on the first day of early voting, according to the Secretary of State's office. That nearly doubles the record for the first day of early voting in a midterm (around 70,000, back in 2018). We cats PURR again.
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