Yeah its always easy to look to race for encouraging signs in the election, but this is impressive in Georgia, where African Americans only made up 25 percent of the electorate in 2004.
From the Atlanta Journal & Constitution:
A disproportionate number of Georgia’s 194,138 early voters are African-American, in what could be an encouraging sign for Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.
As of Wednesday, about 39 percent of those voters — 74,961 — are African-Americans, Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel’s office said.
African-Americans make up 29 percent of registered voters in the state, according to Oct.1 figures.
The Obama campaign has got to be pleased by these numbers. Polling in the state has generally favored McCain, but as we all know the senate race is close here.. so who knows..
UPDATE:
Polls from GA:
Insider Advantage 9/30
McCain: 50 (-6)
Obama: 44 (+6)
MOE 4%
This is a marked improvement from their last poll which showed a 56-38 split. A net shift of 12 points!