How are Georgia voters reacting to Trump’s victory?

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Well before securing the necessary 270 electoral votes to pave a path for a second term in the White House, a confident former President Donald Trump claimed victory overnight.

The Associated Press officially made the call hours later, shortly after 5:30 a.m.

Many woke up to the news of President-elect Donald Trump.

In poll after poll, Americans like Charlie Bowman of Cherokee County for months overwhelmingly said they felt the country was going in the wrong direction. Now, with four more years of a Trump presidency, Bowman feels more optimistic.

“Well, I hope gas prices come back down, all prices come down. I hope there’s more money in my pocket and I might be able to save a little more,” said Charlie Bowman.

That optimism is not shared by Fred Woodall of Fulton County, who voted for Vice President Kamala Harris.

“I can’t understand it. I really don’t. Even though we had record numbers in the early voting, I don’t think enough people just went out and voted, just to be honest with you,” said Fred Woodall.

More than 4 million Georgians voted early, with more than 1 million more voting on Election Day. In fact, Fulton County alone broke 2020 records for in-person voting on Election Day, with more than 92,000 people casting ballots at the county’s 177 polling locations.

Beverly Everage, a Fulton County resident of 10 years, says while she voted for Harris, she’s willing to hear out the other side.

“America is struggling financially. So, people are looking more at their finances,” she said. “A lot of people are making business decisions and business decisions trump personal decisions. I think we have to be open-minded.”

Now that the ballots are counted, elections workers are tackling provisional and absentee ballots, which must be processed by Friday.

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