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Early voting among women voters in Georgia encourages Democrats, even as some polls favor Trump
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Women are outvoting men by more than 10 points in Georgia, according to the Georgia secretary of state's voter turnout data hub.
As of Wednesday, men are making up about 44% of early voters in the state, while women are making up about 56%.
Democratic state Rep. Shea Roberts says she believes abortion access may be one factor motivating women in Georgia to head to the polls.
"We're scared for our kids; we're scared for our daughters," she said. "And we're not going to rest until our daughters have the same rights that we've had for the last five decades."
Family members of Amber Nicole Thurman, a Georgia woman who died after complications from a delayed abortion procedure, have attended at least two of Vice President Kamala Harris' Georgia rallies.
"I think its front-of-mind for people that these bans are dangerous and deadly," Roberts said.
The data also shows that Black women are turning out to vote in especially high numbers across the state. Total early voting turnout among Black women in the five core metro Atlanta counties (Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett and Clayton) is 47-54% of the total active voters in that segment, with a turnout rate for all women in those counties at 61%.
Gevin Reynolds, a Democratic strategist and former speech writer for Harris, said that Black women tend to vote Democrat and are aware that Harris is an HBCU grad.
"But it's more than just identity, it's the policy," he said.
Former President Donald Trump is also targeting women in Georgia.
Republican National Convention co-chair Lara Trump visited metro Atlanta on Oct. 24 to rally women voters in South Fulton.
Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler attended that event in South Fulton. She posted photos on Facebook afterward, writing, "Women are energized — not by abortion, but by the opportunity, prosperity and safety we will have again under President Trump."
As of Wednesday, Trump maintained a slight edge on Harris in Georgia in most major polls.
Heading into the final days of early voting in Georgia, which ends Nov. 1, and with Election Day coming up Nov. 5., both Harris and Trump will return to the state for weekend rallies.