Our Thoughts on Split Ticket Voting in 2022

Our Thoughts on Split Ticket Voting in 2022

Author: PeachPod Media Group, LLC August 1, 2022 Duration: 1:04:32

On today's podcast, we discuss the latest polling from the AJC and UGA showing voters have split preferences at the top of the 2022 ticket. We also discuss Burt Jones' win in the Fulton County investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election and questions about the implementation of the near total abortion ban newly in effect in Georgia.

This episode was recorded on Wednesday, July 27th, 2022

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Music Credit: Music by Joakim Karud http://youtube.com/joakimkarud


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