Detailed Turnout Data Shows How Georgia Turned Blue

[brooklynite]

New York Times

Joe Biden put Georgia in the Democratic column for the first time since 1992 by making huge gains among affluent, college-educated and older voters in the suburbs around Atlanta, according to an Upshot analysis of the results by precinct. The Black share of the electorate fell to its lowest level since 2006, based on an Upshot analysis of newly published turnout data from the Georgia secretary of state. In an election marked by a big rise in turnout, Black turnout increased, too, but less than that of some other groups.

The findings suggest that Mr. Biden’s win in Georgia may not yet herald a new progressive majority in what was a reliably red state, as Democrats still depend on the support of traditionally conservative voters to win statewide. It helps explain why Republican candidates won more votes than Democrats in the state’s two Senate contests, even as President Trump was defeated at the top of the ticket.

But the relatively low Black share of the electorate could mean that Democrats have the potential for a better showing, perhaps even in the two Senate runoffs in January.

Mr. Trump, who won Georgia by five percentage points in 2016, fell short by 0.3 of a percentage point this time. (A final hand recount is expected to wrap up this week.) Over all, Mr. Biden ran well ahead of Hillary Clinton in well-educated, wealthy and increasingly diverse precincts around Atlanta, while making relatively few gains elsewhere in the state. Just a few decades ago, the ring of suburbs surrounding Atlanta would have counted as some of the most reliably Republican parts of the state.

[empedocles]

1. 'Lections are won in the middle

[brooklynite]

2. Them's fightin' words in some parts...especially here.

[empedocles]

3. Ya'all got that right. However,

'those who do not learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it.'

. . . and repeat it . . . and repeat it . . .

[JI7]

4. That's because black people already vote democratic and had huge turnouts in recent years

especially during Obama's elections.

In recent years White college educated and suburban types have been voting more democratic .

[empedocles]

5. WaPo front page headline on Ga. runoffs.

Sub head, 'Discussion involving Perdue, Loeffler Rove casts Trump a a burden'

Hmmm.