Georgia's Very Own Megathread!

[Rookie Yinzer]

Why do Abrams and Kasim Reed hate each other so much?

Not sure how far their feud dates back but I do know that Kasim Reed and former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin hate each other. Stacey Abrams was Deputy City Attorney under the Franklin administration.

[Rookie Yinzer]

First Stacey Evans TV Ad

https://youtu.be/5wemvAYiv5U

[GeorgiaModerate]

I know signage doesn't mean much, but I've been struck by how few signs there have been for gubernatorial candidates compared to downballot races.  In my usual haunts (northern suburbs and exurbs of Atlanta) I've seen a grand total of 1 Hill, 2 Cagle, and 2 Kemp signs.  But the roads are cluttered with signs for State House and Senate candidates.

[KingSweden]

I know signage doesn't mean much, but I've been struck by how few signs there have been for gubernatorial candidates compared to downballot races.  In my usual haunts (northern suburbs and exurbs of Atlanta) I've seen a grand total of 1 Hill, 2 Cagle, and 2 Kemp signs.  But the roads are cluttered with signs for State House and Senate candidates.

Nobody likes the Governor candidates, apparently

[Rookie Yinzer]

I know signage doesn't mean much, but I've been struck by how few signs there have been for gubernatorial candidates compared to downballot races.  In my usual haunts (northern suburbs and exurbs of Atlanta) I've seen a grand total of 1 Hill, 2 Cagle, and 2 Kemp signs.  But the roads are cluttered with signs for State House and Senate candidates.

I live, work, travel, protest, etc in the East metro suburbs/exurbs of ATL, Kemp is overwhelmingly represented out here. I see his signs like everywhere. I can't even count how many I've seen. Hill would have the second most if I had to guesstimate, and I've only see one Cagle sign.

Me and a group that I'm involved with plan to each get 10 people in our social circles to put up Abrams signs as well as put some up in public areas so we can begin get her some name rec out here.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Transcript of an interview by Denis O'Hayer of WABE of Casey Cagle explaining why he helped kill Delta's tax break (from https://politics.myajc.com/blog/politics/the-jolt-casey-cagle-whether-the-nra-and-2nd-amendment-are-one-and-the-same/QXboytq7WRTdDkrpSEjMZN/):

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[GeorgiaModerate]

Georgia governor fundraising numbers (Q1 contributions / total to date / cash on hand)

Source: https://politics.myajc.com/blog/politics/tide-new-cash-rocks-georgia-governor-race/68pv8JBXzWX39loqxc9haI/

Democrats:

Stacey Abrams: 1.0M / 3.3M / 898K
Stacey Evans: 320K  / 2.6M / 1.5M

Republicans:

Casey Cagle: 20K / 6.8M / 4.5M
Hunter Hill: 443K / 2.7M / 1.1M
Brian Kemp: 35K / 2.9M / 1.6M
Clay Tippins: 405K / 2.5M / 1.6M
Michael Williams: missed deadline, no information

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

Yeah Abrams is the better candidate lol. I don't think she's a great candidate (she's relying too much on national politics I think), but she's our best shot. The republicans running for the nomination seem to be absolutely batsh!t.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Yeah Abrams is the better candidate lol. I don't think she's a great candidate (she's relying too much on national politics I think), but she's our best shot. The republicans running for the nomination seem to be absolutely batsh!t.

She kind of needs the National Democratic infrastructure, the Democratic establishment in our state is backing Evans because they think Abrams can’t win. It is heartening to see that Abrams outraised Evans 2-to-1 and even her $325k total from Georgia residents outdid Evans’ entire haul.

I don’t mind the National Party swooping in with resources to get black rural voters to the polls. It’s more than what the state party has been doing.

[libertpaulian]

Yeah Abrams is the better candidate lol. I don't think she's a great candidate (she's relying too much on national politics I think), but she's our best shot. The republicans running for the nomination seem to be absolutely batsh!t.

She kind of needs the National Democratic infrastructure, the Democratic establishment in our state is backing Evans because they think Abrams can’t win. It is heartening to see that Abrams outraised Evans 2-to-1 and even her $325k total from Georgia residents outdid Evans’ entire haul.

I don’t mind the National Party swooping in with resources to get black rural voters to the polls. It’s more than what the state party has been doing.

Stacey Evans seems to have run a very quiet campaign to date.  Abrams, on the other hand, seems to have a much larger profile, and also seems to have the kind of energy that's needed to pull off an upset in a liberalizing, yet still conservative, state like Georgia.

[Rookie Yinzer]

Here's a stream of a debate Evans and Abrams had last night hosted by the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys.

https://gsu.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=063d33d6-793e-4c40-a9cc-a8b800dfca9d

[Jeppe]

Here's a stream of a debate Evans and Abrams had last night hosted by the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys.

https://gsu.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=063d33d6-793e-4c40-a9cc-a8b800dfca9d

That’s a very specific organization.

[YE]

Watching the GA debate now. Not impressed by either candidate (first two questions are about how a women is fit to be governor and a black women could be governor... say what you're for) but then again I'm a white western populist. Not exactly a key constitute in the peach state democratic primary.

Edit: Watching the whole thing, both seem decent all in all, and glad to see issues like gentrification brought up or even minor stuff like making it illegal for employers to ask on pay history raised. If I lived in GA, I'd probably narrowly vote for Evans. Closer to me socially and economically than Abrams. Traditional logic says Evans is more electable but I think Abrams could get someone like John Burrow SOS due to his crossover appeal and higher black turnout with Abrams.

Also I don't think either Abrams and Evans are either personally very wealthy. I actually believed a word of what they say but I'm also not sure if they're 100% ready to be governor at least not yet.

[KingSweden]

Watching the GA debate now. Not impressed by either candidate (first two questions are about how a women is fit to be governor and a black women could be governor... say what you're for) but then again I'm a white western populist. Not exactly a key constitute in the peach state democratic primary.

Edit: Watching the whole thing, both seem decent all in all, and glad to see issues like gentrification brought up or even minor stuff like making it illegal for employers to ask on pay history raised. If I lived in GA, I'd probably narrowly vote for Evans. Closer to me socially and economically than Abrams. Traditional logic says Evans is more electable but I think Abrams could get someone like John Burrow SOS due to his crossover appeal and higher black turnout with Abrams.

Also I don't think either Abrams and Evans are either personally very wealthy. I actually believed a word of what they say but I'm also not sure if they're 100% ready to be governor at least not yet.

Good insights! What did they say about gentrification?

[GeorgiaModerate]

I just got robopolled on the Democratic gubernatorial primary, so maybe we'll see something published soon.

[Rookie Yinzer]

I know some of us have treated John Barrow being the Dem nominee for Secretary of State as a foregone conclusion, and it very well may still happen but I met with another candidate running for the seat named Dee Dawkins-Haigler. I actually supported when she ran for my State Senate District, where she lost the Democratic Primary run-off by 8 (!) votes.

Anyway, she used to represent House District 91 in DeKalb and Rockdale counties. She was asked how she was going to beat Barrow, and she said even though he is a former federal politician, he doesn't have statewide recognition. She believes she has the base of support in the Metro Atlanta area that he doesn't, and she's been laser focused on building support here and in Southwest and Central Georgia (think Columbus, Macon, Albany, and the heavily African-American rural counties that surround it). She said voters in these areas have not been reached out to by him and she proclaims it's her race to lose. And she believes that in a battle where voters do not know who any of them are, they will chose her as the majority of the Democratic electorate will be women (plurality black women) and they tend to choose the woman candidate when they have no clue who any of the people are.

I was actually going to vote for her as a little nod to her because I know of her and like her, but she could actually win this thing, it is 2 weeks out from early voting, and I don't see why anyone would know who Barrow is and why he would run stronger statewide than his opponents.

[Del Tachi]

This is obviously much bigger news than anything happening on the Democratic side:  Cagle endorsed by NRA.

Not necessarily surprising due to Cagle's history with the NRA, but the timing couldn't have been worse for Kemp - he had penned an open letter to the NRA asking them to stay neutral just this week.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Planned Parenthood has endorsed Abrams: https://politics.myajc.com/blog/politics/planned-parenthood-endorses-abrams-making-waves-democratic-race/V1XE4fwesqQqo8jMwUB3fK/

[Rookie Yinzer]

The Planned Parenthood endorsement is another blow to the narrative being covertly pushed that Evans is actually more progressive than Abrams. LOL.

Here is Leader Abrams’ first television ad!

https://youtu.be/0Ow36v0odkg

[scutosaurus]

Kasim Reed has received a federal subpoena regarding his rampant corruption at Atlanta City Hall.

https://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/former-mayor-kasim-reed-named-atlanta-city-hall-corruption-subpoena/hwt9uxArcR4cdzLtySbMUI/

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This is great news! Hopefully Reed, who was an awful mayor, won't ever get the chance to be an awful representative for the state at a larger scale.

[Rookie Yinzer]

AJC did a poll of the Democratic Primary. Abrams is up 33-15 with 52 percent undecided.

https://politics.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/ajc-poll-most-democrats-haven-decided-governor-race/uGd3sbhqNtjfGpwFYbtQEL/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=politics_fb

Article notes that Abrams’ team is adamant that their electoral strategy will be built around low propensity voters and that her supporters will not be as likely to be polled.

GOP Primary poll to come next week.

[GeorgiaModerate]

AJC did a poll of the Democratic Primary. Abrams is up 32-15 with 52 percent undecided.

https://politics.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/ajc-poll-most-democrats-haven-decided-governor-race/uGd3sbhqNtjfGpwFYbtQEL/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=politics_fb

Article notes that Abrams’ team is adamant that their electoral strategy will be built around low propensity voters and that her supporters will not be as likely to be polled.

GOP Primary poll to come next week.

I don't think this is the robopoll on the D primary that called me a few days ago; it didn't have some of these questions.

[Canis]

This undecided guy is doing really well

[Rookie Yinzer]

Emily's List and BlackPAC Georgia is up with a new statewide Abrams ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDt4RUUZnQw

[Pollster]

Deal is at net positive approval among Dem primary voters?