Thread by @bluestein

Thread alert: Yep, Georgia is as close as the polls suggest. Trump was just here and Joe Biden visited Warm Springs and Atlanta yesterday, as Democrats tried to flip the state for the first time since 1992. But, as always, there’s more to the story #gapol ajc.com/politics/biden…

Lets’ start with the polls, which taken together, offer a solid snapshot of the deadlock in Georgia. The @ajc poll this week was no outlier: It mirrored a string of recent surveys that showed the race for prez and Senate evened up. #gapol #gasen ajc.com/politics/ajc-p…

@ajc But there’s so much more going on here. Down the ballot, Jon @Ossoff and @ReverendWarnock are giving Republican Senate incumbents a major scare - and both those seats could determine control of the chamber. #gapol #gasen ajc.com/politics/in-ge…

@ajc @ossoff @ReverendWarnock The contests are so close that there’s a growing possibility of not one but two Senate runoffs in Georgia on Jan. 5 — putting our state squarely in the center of the political universe. (It also means the ads, mailers, etc are just beginning) #gapol #gasen ajc.com/politics/two-s…

@ajc @ossoff @ReverendWarnock But there are also important races across the metro suburbs, as Democrats seek to keep the 6th District and flip the neighboring 7th - a Republican-controlled seat that was the closest US House race in 2018. Here’s one of the latest from @TiaReports #gapol ajc.com/politics/outsi…

@ajc @ossoff @ReverendWarnock @TIAreports And there’s a monumental battle down the ticket for control of the Georgia House, which could reshape state politics over the next decade. @mayatprabhu has written extensively on those races, including this piece: #gapol
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@ajc @ossoff @ReverendWarnock @TIAreports @MayaTPrabhu .@mayatprabhu also wrote about one of the most interesting – and expensive – down-ballot races in Georgia: The GOP’s efforts to flip the last seat held by a rural white Democrat in Georgia’s General Assembly. #gapol ajc.com/politics/georg…

@ajc @ossoff @ReverendWarnock @TIAreports @MayaTPrabhu The fight over ballot access looms over all these races, and the state is once again at the center of national voting rights battles. @MarkNiesse has dedicated himself to covering the nuances of the issue, gaining national acclaim for his reporting. #gapol ajc.com/politics/elect…

@ajc @ossoff @ReverendWarnock @TIAreports @MayaTPrabhu @markniesse How did we get here? Atlanta’s suburbs have made Georgia as competitive as it is. Two years ago, Democrats carved a blue streak across the neighborhoods ringing Atlanta. We wrote then that it cemented Georgia’s status as a 2020 battleground. #gapol
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@ajc @ossoff @ReverendWarnock @TIAreports @MayaTPrabhu @markniesse But Republicans still carried the state by wringing more votes out of rural Georgia - a "red wall" they hope to rebuild this election. It’s why Trump’s most recent visit took aim @ middle Georgia voters who already overwhelmingly back his campaign #gapol
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@ajc @ossoff @ReverendWarnock @TIAreports @MayaTPrabhu @markniesse Just about every GA analyst predicts a tight race. Some Rs think Trump will lose, some Ds are pessimistic about Biden. Early-voting turnout has a chance to exceed overall turnout of 4.1M in 2016. It’s what makes Georgia so exciting this election - and so hard to predict. #gapol