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13WMAZ hears your last-minute concerns ahead of Election Day as part of our 2024 Listening Lab

The countdown to Election Day is hours away. Here's what's on the minds of Central Georgians.

MACON, Ga. — Americans have only one day left until they cast their ballot for their next president.

Voters have less than a day left to make up their minds before heading to the polls to cast their vote.

Ahead of the primaries, we sent out 13WMAZ crews with surveys in our Listening Lab to find out what issues you care about the most.

With records broken this election cycle during early voting, we went out to find out what's on the minds of Central Georgians four days before election day.

On Friday morning, we listened to what you're concerned about over breakfast at Famous Mike's in Downtown Macon.

Danny Akin from Macon calls himself a fierce independent.

He said, "I'm not really happy about either of my choices, but I'm going to end up choosing the person who's going to benefit everybody."

Akin said he made a decision and voted early.

At his table, Jim McLendon said he's making a plan to vote on Election Day, as is tradition for many Americans like him.

"I do like trump's policies for the most part, but I'm not a big fan of his on a personal basis, but he does get things done," McLendon Said.

"I was honored to vote on the first day of early voting for Kamala Harris," Andrea Cooke said.

Sitting beside her mom and business partner, Glorida Cissé, they shared what's on their mind.

"I'm a mother of 8, I made a choice to birth all of my kids," Cooke said. "Any other woman should have the right to do what she wants about it."

"For me, you just gotta look back at people's records," Robby Fountain said. "In the famous words of Ronald Reagan, 'Are you better off today than you were four years ago?' When you answer that question that's how you need to vote."

Like Fountain, Cooke, Akin and McLendon, Jeff Wagenius said he's voting because he's concerned about the country.

Several people told us their biggest concerns right now are the economy and inflation.

As a nurse, Wagenius is also concerned about healthcare and elder care.

"You're at home, you're ailing, and it just compounds and gets worse and worse," he said, referring to what he sees on a regular basis at the hospital. "There's really just not much avenues for them."

A few tables away are the Lowden's-- married for 58 years.

Like Akin, the couple visiting from Palm City, Florida, agreed they don't like any of the candidate choices they have for the next president.

"We're both republicans," Lewis Lowden said. "But we would never vote for that man, we're very moderate republicans."

 The presidential election isn't the only thing folks are thinking about in Central Georgia.

Many people said violence and homelessness are on their minds, too.

John Billupe from Macon said "[Leaders] aren't stopping the teenagers from killing other teenagers."

Akin and the men dining with him at this table agreed they want more addressed solutions to poverty in Central Georgia, as well.

Have election questions you want answered? Email us at news@13wmaz.com or reach out on social media. 

Our Verify the Vote team will answer those questions and could even bring you along to take a peek behind the process. 

You can also check out our Voter Guide that has all the information you need to know ahead of casting your ballot.

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