Some Democrats voting in GOP contests to block Trump picks

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.

Based on early voting data alone, 37,144 former Democrats voted in the Republican primary.

If the advance vote in Pennsylvania is any indication, few Democrats heeded the call to vote GOP.Of Republican primary voters who cast early or absentee ballots this year, only 1.7 percent voted Democratic in the 2020 primary.

A Country First text message widely distributed to Georgia voters in the days before the election read: "Don't wait for until the general election to go after the extremes. Vote in the Republican Primary for the candidate that supports truth and democracy."

Specifically, more than 14% of the 38,000 early or absentee votes cast in the Cawthorn race - more than 5,400 voters - came from a Democratic 2020 primary voter.

The team suggested that a number of crossover voters were actually Republicans who voted Democratic in recent years to protest Trump.

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