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| How Kamala Harris could win the presidential election with ease |
| 2024-10-04 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Kamala Harris could potentially win Georgia on the strength of a surge of newly naturalized citizens and an uptick in registered Democrats. Georgia is considered one of the seven key swing states in the 2024 race, as Donald Trump tries to win it back after losing to Joe Biden in 2020. Polling numbers have been positive of late for Harris, with numbers suggesting she could improve on Biden's marginal victory in the Peach State four years ago. Boosting Harris' chances are two factors: new voter registration in the state is trending heavily Democrat and newly naturalized citizens outnumber the margin of victory Biden had in the last election. Around 158,000 migrants are set to receive citizenship in Georgia this year; Biden beat Trump by just 11,779 votes. Steve Hubbard, a senior data scientist with the American Immigration Council, says that new citizens are often the most eager to participate in democracy. 'The naturalization process is kind of an arduous process that takes a lot of persistence,' he told WABE. 'There's lots of forms, an interview you have to complete, citizenship tests. We find that they are often very proud of that work and want to participate in the United States and its system of government.' While there's no polling on whether these new citizens are registered or how they would vote, new registries in general trend Democratic. Georgia has seen 120,000-plus new voter registrants from July 21 through September 8, encapsulating the first eight to ten weeks since Harris replaced Biden at the top of the ticket. While more than half of those registrants are unaffiliated, Democrats outnumber Republicans 51,000 to 13,000. Around 56% of those registering are under the age of 34; 20% of them turned 18 or are turning 18 in time for the election. About 53% of the new voters registering are people of color; all are demographics that traditionally Democrat, though polling has shown Trump making headway with them in some cases. |
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