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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFrightening words on 538 reguarding the Ga. 6th vote here in Ga.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/black-voters-arent-turning-out-for-the-post-obama-democratic-party/?ex_cid=538fbBlack Voters Arent Turning Out For The Post-Obama Democratic Part
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But the Georgia 6 April primary was a continuation of some 2016 turnout trends too trends that should worry Democrats. In 2016, turnout among whites was up across the country, and in highly educated areas like the 6th District in the suburbs of Atlanta. This redounded to Democrats advantage. At the same time, black turnout was down precipitously, from 66 percent in 2012 to 59 percent in 2016. This black-white turnout gap continued in the first round of Georgias special election, where the Democrats got impressive turnout levels from all races and ethnicities except African-Americans.
I don't THINK the majority of people in Dist. 6 are black, but if this is true, is there something we still can do since early voting started yesterday I think.
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Frightening words on 538 reguarding the Ga. 6th vote here in Ga. (Original Post)
napi21
May 2017
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onenote
(42,374 posts)1. GA 6 Demographics
72.4% White, 13.4% Black, 9.3% Asian, 0.2% Native American
11.8% Hispanic
Adds up to more than 100% because some of the black population is Hispanic.
napi21
(45,806 posts)2. I didn't have the actual #'s so thanks. It's close to what I thought. I'm just hoping Jon Oskoff
can win and the actual voting day is getting sooo close! I've sent Jon as much as I could to help him win. Now I'm just scared!
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)3. But why aren't they turning out?
They went for Hillary over Bernie, and yiu'd think the a Trump presidency would be strong motivation.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)5. They are if you use a pre-Obama baseline.
hatrack
(59,439 posts)4. Written by a former Bush and RNC operative (quoted from link below):
Patrick Ruffini worked as a digital strategist for George W. Bushs 2004 campaign, and the Republican National Committee in 2006. He co-founded Echelon Insights and founded Engage.