It’s unlikely that Georgia will turn blue; Georgia will likely be purple for a long time to come.
There are a lot of Republicans in Georgia that never liked Trump, and still don’t. But Republicans still easily control the House, Senate, and Kemp easily beat Abrams a second time in 2022, when the governors race is a straight popular vote. (What the fuck were Dems thinking in nominating her again, anyways? She lost badly the first time, and lost worse the second. Did they somehow expect a wildly different result?) Ossof and Warnock won originally in part because ‘the election was rigged’, and so Republicans simply didn’t show up to vote in runoff elections.
I do not recommend people use absentee ballots in GA. They’re being sharply limited, and you can expect them to be contested, given that power to certify elections has been taken away from the sec. of state. Yeah, it’s a pain in the ass to vote in person in metro-Atlanta, but that’s a more sure way of getting your vote counted.
Anecdotally, I have not seen any Biden signs or bumper stickers in my area (I’m in Clyde’s district), definitely no Harris signs, but most of the pro-Trump stuff I see looks like it’s been neglected, e.g., yard signs that are falling down and haven’t been re-staked in weeks.
It’s unlikely that Georgia will turn blue; Georgia will likely be purple for a long time to come.
There are a lot of Republicans in Georgia that never liked Trump, and still don’t. But Republicans still easily control the House, Senate, and Kemp easily beat Abrams a second time in 2022, when the governors race is a straight popular vote. (What the fuck were Dems thinking in nominating her again, anyways? She lost badly the first time, and lost worse the second. Did they somehow expect a wildly different result?) Ossof and Warnock won originally in part because ‘the election was rigged’, and so Republicans simply didn’t show up to vote in runoff elections.
I do not recommend people use absentee ballots in GA. They’re being sharply limited, and you can expect them to be contested, given that power to certify elections has been taken away from the sec. of state. Yeah, it’s a pain in the ass to vote in person in metro-Atlanta, but that’s a more sure way of getting your vote counted.
Anecdotally, I have not seen any Biden signs or bumper stickers in my area (I’m in Clyde’s district), definitely no Harris signs, but most of the pro-Trump stuff I see looks like it’s been neglected, e.g., yard signs that are falling down and haven’t been re-staked in weeks.