CNN host Jake Tapper said Tuesday's shocking exit polls showed former President Donald Trump holding a substantial lead over Vice President Kamala Harris among independent voters in Georgia. , I was appalled.
CNN political analyst David Charian said that in Georgia, “independent voters — they make up 31% of the electorate” in the battleground state of Georgia, where Trump “beat them by 11 points.” We have won,'' he said.
According to CNN exit polls, Trump has the support of 54% of independents in the Peach State, compared to 43% for Harris.
Charian pointed out that in the 2020 election, Joe Biden won the Georgia independent by a 9-point margin, indicating a 20-point swing for Trump this time around.
“It's amazing,” Tapper said of the exit polls. “That’s really important.
“We're seeing gradual changes here and there,” Tapper continued. “When it comes to young voters, [Harris is] Whites with slightly better grades and no college education [are where Trump is] His results are slightly better, but his independent swing is wild. ”
CNN's Chris Wallace suggested earlier in the evening that it would have taken a “miracle” for Harris to beat Trump, given the exit polls, but how did the former president win over so many independents? I was having a hard time understanding whether I had earned it or not.
“We're trying to figure out why,” Wallace said. “I'm at a loss as to how to explain it.”
According to the Associated Press, Trump leads Harris in early returns in Georgia, 52.3% to 47%.
State courts have extended voting hours in some precincts after bomb threats disrupted operations, potentially delaying the final count.
The state has 16 critical electoral votes at stake.
Biden won Georgia in 2020 by a margin of 0.23 points, marking the first time since 1992 that a Democratic presidential candidate won the state.
