Analysis: Dem Crossovers Sank Trump Pick In Georgia

The Associated Press reports:

An Associated Press analysis of early voting records from data firm L2 found that more than 37,000 people who voted in Georgia’s Democratic primary two years ago cast ballots in last week’s Republican primary, an unusually high number of so-called crossover voters.

Even taking into account the limited sample of early votes, the data reveal that crossover voters were consequential in defeating Trump’s hand-picked candidates for secretary of state and, to a lesser extent, governor.

Gov. Brian Kemp did not ultimately need Democrats in his blowout victory against his Trump-backed opponent, but Brad Raffensperger probably did. The Republican secretary of state cleared the 50% threshold required to avoid a runoff election by just over 27,000 votes, according to the latest AP tallies.

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Some Democrats are voting in Republican primaries to block Donald Trump’s preferred candidates. That likely helped Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger win his primary, an @AP analysis found. https://t.co/355Bn23wML

— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) May 31, 2022

Brad Raffensperger, the secretary of state who thwarted Trump’s attempts to steal Georgia, won his GOP primary Tuesday night. He beat Rep. Jody Hice, who twice voted to contest the 2020 election results in Congress. https://t.co/9VuxzGyxsL

— Travis Waldron (@Travis_Waldron) May 25, 2022