A new morning has dawned in Hartwell, and it’s a sunny, chilly one at that. Election results are still in flux in six states across the country as votes are being counted in North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada, Pennsylvania and the state where I now live, Georgia, at my time of posting.
Last night, however, I spent part of the evening with the Hart County Republican Party at the Teasley House, a private home in downtown Hartwell that has previously been used as a church, a lawyer’s office, a funeral home, and more. Approximately 25 people gathered for a community potluck to watch the election night results roll in.
“It’s gonna be a landslide,” one supporter told me. “I said it on Facebook and I’ll say it here. We’re gonna be celebrating Donald Trump tonight.”
“Name it and claim it,” his wife said, putting her palm down on the table. Her smile was wide.
This attitude was echoed through about half the crowd yesterday evening, with the other half claiming “reserved optimism” instead.
“We’ll see,” Hart County Republican Party co-chair Guy Hagan said. “I’m not celebrating yet, but we’re hopeful. Trump will win if he can get enough electoral votes to make Pennsylvania not matter. So we’ll see.”
The Hart County Republican Party activated volunteer poll watchers in nearly all the polling location throughout Hart County, a move that was echoed in neighboring counties throughout Georgia and the country.
While votes are still being counted throughout the rest of Georgia, Hart County’s election results have been confirmed. President Trump won Hart County with 74.68% of the vote and Republican wins were confirmed for both Senate and House races.
“I am proud to support Donald Trump,” a supporter told me. “He gets things done. Time and time again, he’s fulfilled all of campaign promises from 2016. The wall, that wall down on the border, he did that.”
“I’ve never seen a politician do that, fulfill all his promises, and in just four years,” he continued. “Not in all my years of voting. He got my vote, and I’m proud of that.”
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