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How Did Medium Fail to Curate My Georgia Election Stories?
Georgia is on the minds of a lot of people these days. It comes as no surprise to me. It seems that the nation is taking notice of the raw political power in the Peach State.
This newfound interest in Georgia results from President-Elect Joe Biden’s stunning General Election victory in the state. Georgia had not voted for a Democrat since 1992 when Bill Clinton took Georgia over the incumbent President George Herbert Walker Bush (R). That would be 28 years ago.
Following the Georgia Primaries in June, I researched the polling data and concluded that Georgia could be in play with a little interest from the Democratic National Committee. Two reasons led me to this posit. First, in the Republican Primary in Georgia, Senator David Perdue received more votes from Republican loyalists than did President Donald Trump, albeit they both were running unopposed.
Nevertheless, I concluded that the white Republican base was a wee-bit soft on Donald Trump. With a little work, Joe Biden could exploit this weakness and pull off a victory.
Also, because of Senator Johnny Isakson’s (R) retirement, Georgia had the unique opportunity to elect two Democratic senators in the same year. If this has happened before, it has not happened often.
