Towns County, located in Georgia’s 9th Congressional District, opted to Asset by an overwhelming 80% in the 2020 presidential election. This time around, early voting turnout in Ruby Red County reached a staggering 15 percentage points above average of the State, according to an analysis of Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), who represents the county as part of the state’s 9th Congressional District, said Thursday that voter turnout in Towns County reached “first place” in all the state.

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“I am very proud of the many counties in our district that are leading in voter turnout, including Towns County which ranks first out of all 159 counties in our state,” Clyde said in a statement. job to X.

“Northeast Georgia is the heart of the conservative movement and when elected, it is critical that we fight and win for the future of our country,” he continued.

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Other heavily Republican areas of northeast Georgia, including Stephens, Union, Rabun and Hall counties, also broken recorded or viewed high numbers of the first voters.

The news comes as Republicans have urged voters to vote early in order to make the election “too important to rig,” as Trump often says. The strategy marks a shift from the Republican Party’s skepticism about early voting just four years ago.

“You have to give credit to the Republicans. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. They are adapting to a very different political environment,” said Michael Thurmond, chief administrative officer of DeKalb County, Georgia.

Towns County GOP Chair Betsy Young explained the Republican change of heart: “Four years ago, we were reactive instead of proactive. But now we are proactive,” she said.

Towns County saw an early voting turnout of 60% in 2020. This time around, more than two-thirds of the county’s voters have already cast ballots before Election Day, with early voting scheduled to end Friday evening.

Early voter turnout reached unprecedented levels across Georgia this year. Total turnout surpassed the 3.5 million mark on Thursday, meaning more than 50% of the state’s active voters cast ballots. Early voting exceeds the 3.2 million mark on Tuesday, compared to 2.1 million early votes cast at the same time in the state in 2020, by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

After losing the Peach State by just 12,000 votes four years ago, Trump made a decision. concerted effort to appeal to voters across the state, repeatedly floundering in traditionally blue areas like Atlanta.

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“We want a landslide too big to fake. We can’t let anything happen,” Trump told thousands of supporters gathered at Atlanta’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center on the first day of early voting in Georgia. “Early voting is underway. Get everyone out. Get everyone you know. Just get them all to vote. Leave tomorrow.

The latest set of polls from RealClearPolitics shows Trump holding a lead of less than 3 percentage points over Vice President Kamala Harris in the battleground state.