Biden just won the mail in ballots in Deep red Forsyth Co GA

[Cattledog]

[BusyBeingBest]

1. Yep--looking promising.

[Blue_true]

2. That is good news given that they are the only type of ballot that matters now.

Joe gained ground on Trump in a red county. Maybe those Never Trump republicans are finally coming through.

[Hoyt]

3. Wow. Was worried about red counties.

[Blue_true]

4. The result means that Trump still lost ground to Joe, in a red county. nt

[regnaD kciN]

7. He probably didn't "lose ground"...

...because there were probably only a small number of mail-ins in that county relative to the Trumpers who voted in person on Tuesday. As a reflection of the county, it likely means little...but, in a race which was already on a knife's edge when all the in-person votes were counted, it could be yuge.

[regnaD kciN]

5. They won't be as favorable to us as blue counties...

...but it's somewhat predictable that those voting with Trump would show up in person (because "it's just like the flu&quot , while anti-Trump voters would use mail-in.

[Hoyt]

9. The skew toward Biden in rube areas is not much, but still positive.

[Demsrule86]

6. I used to live in GA...I lived in Newt Gingrich's district.

I can't believe the change....so exciting.

[klook]

12. Lucy McBath's district since 2018!

(as I'm sure you know)

Lucy McBath wins re-election in Georgia’s 6th congressional district

[Demsrule86]

13. I knew that...so wonderful and I hate Karen Handel.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. And she just won re-election too which is fantastic!

[klook]

8. Holy shit!

That's the area that was notoriously racist for most of the 20th century, where Rev. Hosea Williams co-led a Brotherhood March in 1987.


http://www.aboutnorthgeorgia.com/ang/Civil_Rights_March,_January,_1987

It's now part of exurban north Atlanta, one of many signs of the incredible changes Georgia has seen in recent decades.

[Hoyt]

11. +1000. It was not until late 70s that Blacks could risk living there.

[Nimble_Idea]

10. wow

that could mean Biden has this in the bag.

[ms liberty]

14. Someone please tell Steve Kornaki it's pronounced for sEYETH

Not FORsith.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. See I'm glad I'm not the only one!

It drives me nuts that the plant "forsythia" is being "forSITHia" insted of "forSIGHthia" (which is how I learned to pronounce that name).

[ms liberty]

17. My dad's family is from Georgia, and we have a Forsyth county here in NC too

As a name it's always pronounced that way here in the south as far as I know. But the shrub is pronounced forSITHia around here, although most people just call it goldenrod.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. "most people just call it goldenrod"

OMG that would be confusing for gardeners like me knowing what a goldenrod looks like.

The plant was named for botanist William Forsythe.