Spotlight on Voters Ahead of Pivotal Georgia Senate Runoff Elections

With two weeks left until the Jan. 5 Georgia Senate runoff race, the spotlight is on voters. The election for two U.S. Senate seats will determine which party will lead both chambers of Congress for the first two years of Biden's administration. Some studies highlight an increase in racial and ethnic diversity among eligible voters in the once reliably-red state of Georgia. Some say the study results highlight the importance of black voters, as well as Asian voters and Latinx voters, in the upcoming election. Other polls show that women voters in Georgia were split between Democratic and Republican candidates, with Republican candidates taking a 1-3% lead. The Department of Homeland Security issued a warning about the possibility of “ideologically motivated violence” and a foreign influence campaign on Tuesday after a GOP group challenged the voter eligibility of more than 364,000 people who may have moved, potentially disqualifying their ballots in Georgia's election. Growing diversity among Georgia voters was widely covered by outlets across the political spectrum. Potential violence and voter eligibility challenges were covered by primarily by right-rated outlets, but also by a few left-rated outlets like Yahoo News.