This seems to be REALLY DIFFICULT for people to understand: there was no "dip" or "problem" with GOP turnout in GA in the runoff- turnout hit historic highs for both parties!- but Black Democratic Georgians, including rural Black Georgians, voted in EXTRAODINARILY high numbers.
Turnout was extremely high on both sides of the aisle in Nov and Jan. Democrats put together a real multi-racial (that is, diverse voters who are Black, brown and white), multi-ethnic, truly statewide coalition. Dems had strong support and turnout levels across all demographics.
If you want to understand what this looks like, take a look at this map of GA and notice how Dem performance improved in all regions and types of counties- keep in mind rural does not equal white; suburban does not equal white. GA is diverse everywhere nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Read this post election analysis on the general tombonier.medium.com/how-georgia-tu…
Or this on the runoff: "Far more people of both parties voted than usual in a runoff, but the Democratic turnout was stronger, largely because of Black voters." nytimes.com/2021/01/07/ups…
Dems and progressives have been out-organizing the other side all decade, the wins have been incremental, gaining steam and have built to a winning statewide coalition. And: we are not finished and will keep building this next decade.
It's in this decade that Georgians of color as a group become the majority of the population. Across the sunbelt the demographics are similarly shifting; the GOP seems hell bent on their strategy to represent a diminishing, super minority of voters only. ajc.com/news/state--re…
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