Very Strong Results For Jon Ossoff In Early Vote
Ossoff wins nearly two-thirds of total early vote.
The early vote numbers are in and Jon Ossoff is doing even better than expected. Ossoff received 61% of the early vote, which is better than Hillary Clinton did in November.
Based on the initial numbers, it is possible for Ossoff to reach the 50 percent mark and avoid a runoff.
We will feature live updates throughout the evening:
Updated 9:55 p.m.
It’s looking less and less likely that Jon Ossoff will be able to stay above 50 percent. With 46 percent of the votes counted, Ossoff stands at 51 percent.
Source: New York Times
Updated 9:15 p.m.
With 20% of the votes in, Ossoff has 56.7 percent of the vote. Based on how the election day votes are looking, it is still possible for Ossoff to win but it will likely be very, very close.
Source: New York Times
Updated 9:00 p.m.
With 4 percent of the votes in, here is where things stand. Ossoff has 60.6 percent of the vote.
Source: New York Times
And here is a county by county breakdown that compares today’s results with how Clinton and Trump did in November. Again, Ossoff is tracking better than Clinton in all three counties.
Source: New York Times
Updated 8:44 p.m.
Fulton County early vote results are in and Ossoff leads. Ossoff has 61 percent in the county. Republicans Handel and Moody are at 16 percent and 9 percent, respectively.
That means that the total early vote numbers from all three counties are in and Ossoff has 62 percent of the vote.
Ossoff running ahead of our Clinton support estimate basically everywhere in DeKalb pic.twitter.com/svAouVoykr
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) April 18, 2017
Including ev, it’s Ossoff at 52.6–just ahead of Clinton, maybe a tick lower than hopes. But turnout is huge. https://t.co/hYLmdaSN4Y
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) April 19, 2017
It’s going to be a long night. This is not what the GOP is looking for. https://t.co/MpafZP4yP1
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) April 19, 2017
Well, the Election Day vote better be great for the GOP. Because the early vote is simply much better than expected for Ossoff pic.twitter.com/osJzYIF4VM
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) April 19, 2017
Here’s our ‘Clinton’ estimate v. the actual early vote. Will take a while for the GOP to roll this back, if they do pic.twitter.com/NnSKBjlCkZ
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) April 19, 2017
There are 6 precincts where the vote is done. If the drop held elsewhere, it would be enough for Ossoff. We’ll see if it’s representative.
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) April 19, 2017
They also show very high turnout–on track for something that most would have discounted, like 180k. Again, could be unrepresentative.
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) April 19, 2017
