Chasing the Vote: How Election-Fraud Claims Go Over in Georgia

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🗓️ 22 September 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Top Democrats have argued that democracy is on the line in the presidential election because Republican nominee Donald Trump is a threat to American political norms. They often bring up his actions after the 2020 election, which are the subject of a criminal case in Georgia. Trump has pleaded not guilty and says it is just political bluster. Republicans also say democracy is on the line, but their worries center on government overreach and the potential for voter fraud. WSJ political reporter Jimmy Vielkind travels to the battleground state to find out which version of the argument is swaying voters. Relevant links: Georgia Election Rule Prompts Concerns of Chaos and Delays Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Kever, have you got my new speaker in the bathroom?
0:04.4	Uh, no, Connie, haven't seen it.
0:07.0	Oh, no.
0:09.4	The speaker floats!
0:12.4	I knew you had it.
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0:25.9	delivery fee may apply. Democracy is on the line.
0:37.0	Can you expand on that a little bit?
0:39.0	What do they mean when they say democracy is on the line?
0:42.0	That's Carlton Perkins. He's 41 years old and I met him in
0:45.8	Lawrenceville, Georgia where he just moved from North Carolina. The city is just
0:50.3	far enough from Atlanta to feel like its own small community rather than a generic
0:54.3	suburb, but it's close enough where people can commute.
0:58.2	It's also one of the many growing areas in Gwinnett County, a crucial political battleground.
1:04.6	Carlton voted for Donald Trump over President Biden in 2020, but says he's undecided
1:09.2	this year.
1:10.8	Other voters I met in Georgia, including one holding a barking dog, had a clear sense of what politicians mean when they say democracy is on the line.
1:19.0	Sort of.
1:20.0	If I can keep saying that, but I think he's been worse for it he and his approaches have
1:27.2	been worse for democracy than anything that that Trump has done.
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