(#5055) Big day tomorrow

      As mail in ballots continue to come into the Georgia elections office the amount of early voters keeps increasing. This mornings totals overall so far are 1,868,127 early ballots collected. Around 1,500 mail in ballots have so far been rejected for some reason. Those rejected ballots are not part of the 1,868,127. In the just completed midterm election, more than 2.5 million votes were cast in the early voting session. With nearly 4 times as many days for early voting in the general election this special election performed exceptionally well. I still expect nearly 2 million voters to come out tomorrow on election day so the overall total from the midterm and this special election should be about the same turnout.
     Even if this special election turnout is significantly smaller it is safer to assume that there will be fewer republican voters casting ballots. For many reasons aa I have already covered in recent previous posts. The vote totals for Senator Warnock, the democrat, should be about the same. Still though nothing can be taken for granted. Even typing this post about what I think will occur tomorrow is being a bit naive about what could happen if we democrats take our foot off the pedal. We need to keep going full speed ahead until the last of the ballots have been accepted. From previous experience like in 2016, we know what happens when the electorate assumes who will win and doesn't bother to vote.
     The narratives have been set and the choices are being made. Although I still think this race should be an overwhelming victory for Senator Warnock the reality of just how illogical the republican voting block is makes for a more difficult outcome. Never in our American history has a major political party in our society embraced authoritarianism and racism like the current republican one. I am ashamed and angered by the direction the republican party has taken but it seems there are enough of those who will not see the truth of it and continue to support them even to their own disadvantage. I used to feel great about my generation but nowadays it is all I can do to keep from being disgusted with them.