Turnout dip among Georgia Republicans flipped U.S. Senate

Trump's message that the election was stolen discouraged voters such as Craig Roland, a 61-year-old Rome resident. Roland said he didn't believe hi...

May 20, 2023
2:14 AM

Trump's message that the election was stolen discouraged voters such as Craig Roland, a 61-year-old Rome resident. Roland said he didn't believe his vote would count. 'What good would it have done to vote? They have votes that got changed,' Roland said. 'I don't know if I'll ever vote again.' Meanwhile, 228,000 new voters cast ballots in the runoffs who hadn't voted in the Nov. 3 election. They were more racially diverse and younger voters who tend to back Democrats. The runoffs' outcome: Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock ousted Republican incumbents David Perdue and Kelly Loeffer, and the Democrats took the majority in the U.

Mark Niesse