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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow Democrats Won the Georgia Runoffs
How Democrats Won the Georgia Runoffs
February 2, 2021 at 8:45 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 45 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2021/02/02/how-democrats-won-the-georgia-runoffs/
"SNIP......
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Over 752,000 Georgia voters who cast ballots in the presidential election didnt show up again for the runoffs just two months later.
More than half of the no-shows were white, and many lived in rural areas, constituencies that lean toward Republican candidates.
Meanwhile, 228,000 new voters cast ballots in the runoffs who hadnt voted in the Nov. 3 election. They were more racially diverse and younger voters who tend to back Democrats.
......SNIP"
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How Democrats Won the Georgia Runoffs (Original Post)
applegrove
Feb 2021
OP
It's Beyond Amazing That Dems Found Over 100K New Voters That Hadn't Voted in the General Election
Indykatie
Feb 2021
#2
Maybe they got people who had not been political till Trump tried to destroy democracy.
applegrove
Feb 2021
#3
3catwoman3
(23,973 posts)1. I hope all those new voters, and more, show up...
...again 2 years from now for Senator Warnock.
Indykatie
(3,696 posts)2. It's Beyond Amazing That Dems Found Over 100K New Voters That Hadn't Voted in the General Election
applegrove
(118,622 posts)3. Maybe they got people who had not been political till Trump tried to destroy democracy.
c-rational
(2,590 posts)4. Thank you Stacey Abrams!
Cha
(297,154 posts)5. Stacey Abrams ...