CNN anchor Jake Tapper said during a live broadcast Tuesday that support for former President Donald Trump among independent voters in Georgia has increased by a dramatic 20 points compared to President Joe Biden’s 2020 vote total. Early polling data showed that things were changing, and they seemed stunned.
On CNN’s “American Election Night” coverageTapper seemed surprised by the results from the Georgia Exit Polling Center, a poll of independent voters that currently favors Trump by 11 points. These results are a dramatic reversal from the 9-point lead Biden held four years ago.
“Independent voters make up 31% of the electorate, a slightly larger share than four years ago. Early exit poll results show Trump with an 11-point lead, 54% to 30%. ,” David Charian told Tapper. “Jake, four years ago, when Joe Biden won Georgia by nine points, he won over the independent voters in the state. That’s a point difference.” Independence gave Biden an 11-point advantage. ”
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“Wow, they’re huge,” Tapper said. “That’s really important.”
Exit polls also showed Vice President Harris leading with 86% of the black vote, but this number was slightly lower than Biden’s 88% in 2020. And early polls show Trump gaining slightly among these voters. (Related article: ‘We are in despair’: Socialists and Muslims unite to deny Harris the White House)
“According to these early exit polls, the African American vote in Georgia makes up 30% of the electorate. Harris is clearly winning by a landslide, 86% to 12%, but here’s what we want to focus on. The 86% figure was four years ago, when Joe Biden had an 88% lead among African-American voters and President Trump had a 12% lead. “It’s higher than 11%, but it’s about the same as the black vote,” Sharian added.
The exit polls highlight the changing political landscape in Georgia, where Biden’s narrow victory in 2020 was the first Democratic victory in nearly 30 years. According to To the Associated Press. After a manual recount, Georgia election officials confirmed Mr. Biden had a lead over Mr. Trump, resulting in the Associated Press giving the state’s 16 electors to Biden in 2020. Biden’s total was 306, compared to Trump’s 232.
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