FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Georgia’s most populated county is playing a big role in the Presidential and Senate elections.
As of Thursday afternoon, former Vice President Joe Biden had about 73% of the Fulton County vote, but the county still was uploading the results of more than 140,000 absentee ballots workers counted over the last two days.
“I feel good,” Fulton County GOP Chairman Trey Kelly told Channel 2′s Mike Petchenik. “We’re just kind of waiting for everything to come in.”
Kelly told Petchenik he was hoping President Donald Trump would have easily won Georgia, but as of Thursday afternoon, the two were neck-and-neck.
“Our thing is making sure every vote counts and it’s done in a full disclosure type of scenario,” he said.
Elections results show solid support for Biden and Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in Atlanta and South Fulton County, but they also show pockets of support in areas that were once considered Republican strongholds, including Roswell and Sandy Springs.
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“I guess the Republicans like Milton and Alpharetta, and the Democrats like Sandy Springs and Roswell, for whatever reason,” said Kelly. “Whether it’s people moving here from New York or other Democrat states and voting like where they came from, that plays a big part in it.”
Kimberly Ware is a Biden supporter in Johns Creek.
“I’m pretty hopeful,” she told Petchenik. “I live in an area, at one point was pretty Republican, but a lot of people in the last 10-15 years have moved into the Johns Creek area and almost everyone I know is a Democrat.”
South Fulton voter Wanda Mosley founded a non-profit called “My Vote Matters.” She told Petchenik she’s heartened by the turnout and engagement amongst her neighbors.
“I think this has been a slow process,” she said. “It didn’t happen overnight. It happened the last few election cycles.”
Mosley said she’s not surprised Fulton County and Georgia are playing such a pivotal role in the election.
“I don’t think people are thinking of red versus blue. People are thinking about what are the ways to boost the economy, create more jobs, how can we save jobs in our state.”
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