Please re-read the ABOVE..…
It IS about GEORGIA….
GEORGIA‼️
Ain’t NOBODY talking about Democrats making MORE gains in that state….
The media story IS about Republicans trying to counter this…
The SECOND net GAIN for Democrats in Georgia.….
Under the hood?
Democrats CONTINUE to make GAINS in that state even as GOPer’s give the perception that they can change Democratic gains politically …..
In Georgia’s November 2, 2021 statewide municipal elections, Democrats gained a net total of more than 30 seats and counting, including mayorships in Cairo, Stone Mountain, Hampton, and McDonough and crucial city council seats in Lawrenceville, Peachtree Corners, Sandy Springs, Tucker, Stone Mountain, Dunwoody, Brookhaven, Kennesaw, and Powder Springs.
Throughout the municipal election season, the Democratic Party of Georgia (DPG) made nearly 91,000 calls and sent nearly 185,000 texts to voters across the state to get out the vote in dozens of targeted races.
Candidates in DPG-targeted races flipped 41 seats in 21 counties across Georgia, while Republican candidates picked up just 6. The counties that saw Democratic flips include Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Chatham, Clarke, Cobb, Cook, DeKalb, Fulton, Grady, Gwinnett, Heard, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Lanier, Meriwether, Mitchell, Oconee, Troup, and Walton….
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“Democrats’ strong showing this election cycle – from metro Atlanta to rural Georgia – is testament to the unprecedented grassroots enthusiasm our party has been building across the state for years. After flipping crucial municipal seats in 2019, voting to send a Democrat to the White House for the first time in 28 years in 2020, and flipping both U.S. Senate seats blue earlier this year, Georgia Democrats’ momentum is still growing. The 2021 municipal elections show that with strong candidates, strategic organizing, and early investments, Georgia Democrats are well-positioned to continue mobilizing voters and flipping seats throughout the state in 2022 and beyond…
So how did Georgia go from light red to blue — or at the very least, purple?
The answer is pretty simple: The Atlanta area turned really blue in the Trump era. Definitions differ about the exact parameters of the Atlanta metropolitan area, but 10 counties1 are part of a governing collaborativecalled the Atlanta Regional Commission. Almost 4.7 million people live in those 10 counties, or around 45 percent of the state’s population….
The axis of American politics is shifting as we speak.
The old Democratic coalition was based out of the upper Midwest, which largely is lily white and has trended hard right in recent years as the older Democrats have either passed on or become Republicans in the Obama/Trump years. The Sun Belt(AZ, TX, GA, the Carolinas, even Virginia to a lesser extent) points to the future as Democrats have made A LOT of gains there in the last decade and even at this low juncture the Democratic brand still holds up better than in the old Rust Belt states.
Will be something to see. I’ll also go on record as saying D’s in GA and NC in particular should hold up quite well, while their counterparts get obliterated in places like Nevada.
And as one who is from Henry County(Stockbridge to be exact), I can absolutely attest to how far leftward that area has swung. Went from a slim Romney win in 12 to Clinton +5 in 16 all the way to Biden 61-37. That gaudy margin should drop around the edges as some Suburban white voters turn back to the Republicans(Abrams’ margin in the county, 57-42, or even a touch higher, is a good ballpark figure), though all depends on whether GOP Governor Brian “Keep Choppin'” Kemp defeats Vernon “Feel the Vern” Jones in the Primary.
They got McDonough, which is actually as close to a Republican vote sink as the county has(Lots of old businessmen/old time Southern Democrats/nobility class types). Hampton, the final home of GA political titan Herman Talmadge, definitely is surprising…in the sense that it didn’t flip years ago, though there’s probably a lot of Trumpite rednecks who live around the Atlanta Motor Speedway near the city.
Cairo is South GA, and it’s astonishing that Democrats can even compete in that dead, desolate terrain. I mean, I only know what I see going back highways down to St. Augustine in January, but it looks like a hotbed of hopelessness and conspiracism, with a slap dash of vast spider webs of murder and incest coverups.
More on Georgia Dem politics….Abrams?
GA-Gov: It has been assumed since the last election that Stacey Abrams (D) would return for another try at the race she lost in 2018. Although she has given no indication she doesn’t intend to run again, she also has not said for sure she does plan to run. Her status in the party has kept other potential candidates from expressing any interest in running. Although most expect her to run, some in the party have begun to search for possible replacements if she does sit the race out. One potential candidate who has begun showing interest in the race is DeKalb CE Michael Thurmond (D). Thurmond, who has statewide electoral experience in serving 3 terms as state Labor Commissioner, is not close to Abrams and would be a more moderate alternative. But he also makes it clear he would not enter the race unless Abrams announces she is not running….
RRH….
Thurmond has largely been out of the spotlight since he got trounced by Johnny Isakson in his Senate bid in 2010, the year state Democrats decided to run on the awe inspiring, turnout juicing platform of “I’m sorry.” He would be a very weak candidate.
Abrams is no guarantee to run. As I’ve said, she would be the best top ticket replacement if Biden doesn’t run again. Someone like former Columbus Mayor Teresa Thomlinson or 2018 D Lieutenant Governor nominee Sarah Riggs Amico, who both got wiped out last year in a primary against now Senator Ossoff, might end up being the sure bets for this race.
My biggest concerns with Abrams unfortunately is her weight (which ties into her gender and race)…I think that would be used against her in a national election. A heavy set black woman would be a turn off for some voters. That is just reality…It is gender and racial double standard that a fat old white fuck like Trump never really got the bashing he deserved for his own weight problems (or rather that it would impact someone’s political decision on him), but for Abrams it would…both being a woman and being black…
What about Trump Bdog?
James, it never hurts to read and comprehend the posts you respond to.
You ask “What about Trump?” —
which Bdog had already addressed in his own post:
“…It is gender and racial double standard that a fat old white fuck like Trump never really got the bashing he deserved for his own weight problems (or rather that it would impact someone’s political decision on him), but for Abrams it would…”
Sorry Guys…
My Bad…..
thanks DSD…