Could georgia go blue. The whispers are traveling around progressive circles from atlanta to washington. Georgia might go blue by 2020 or even 2016. I personally think arizona iowa pa and michigan will go blue with wisconsin and ohio remaining red.
Former georgia democratic gubernatorial candidate and voting rights advocate stacey abrams joins cheddar politics to discuss the state of voting rights in 2020 holding elections in a pandemic and whether georgia could flip democratic for the first time in 28 years. Similarly georgias sixth has been deeply red since 1979. I think that talking or debating about this is a useless endeavor.
Its currently listed as a red leaning state for the 2020 election but by no means a sure thing. Georgia could go blue. If you had asked on nov 6th about whether michigan was a swing state people would have laughed in your face.
If georgia eventually becomes blue it would likely be because metro atlanta became more liberal and kept growing. I feel like if what kemp does by reopening the state backfires it could go blue. Georgia will depend on if voter turnout for dems are high like it was in the recent gov race without the voter repression.
Sure it will help abrams if she can limit the margins by which she loses in. The fastest growing population in georgia is the african american population and dems have been getting closer over the last decade we are in striking distance now. And look how that turned out.
What are the chances georgia goes blue in 2020. Go ahead and check this column for trump. But what about 2014.
Democrats say shifting demographics engaged african american voters and donald trumps unpopularity could be what it takes to flip the governor. Plus the atl metro could start to carry georgia the same way nova carries virginia. Georgia will go blue by 2016 or 2020.
I do think florida will be determined by a razor thin margin just like the midterms. Everything people are writing about is not going to happen so far the clinton campaign hasnt committed any meaningful resources into georgia. Hell plenty of people thought there was a good chance of georgia going blue this election.