Clinton's wins in GA and AZ

[F. Joe Haydn]

In 1992 Bill Clinton won Georgia, and in 1996 he carried the state of Arizona. Today, in our current election cycle, Georgia and Arizona are both regarded as battleground states, but it took over 20 years since Clinton's wins to materialize. My question is, were these victories a foreshadowing of current trends in these states, or were they anomalies that have little to do with their present voting patterns? For instance, in Georgia was Clinton's win more of a last hurrah for Jimmy Carter's home state that had voted D even in the landslide of 1980, or was it a precursor of the coalition of increasingly Democratic suburbanite whites and urban voters that is now making Georgia competitive again in 2020?

[F. Joe Haydn]

Lo and behold! I googled the question, and the first substantive answer was an older Atlas thread.

Short, but highly accurate answers provided IMHO.

https://talkelections.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=264282.0

Lol, that thread was started by me as well (and it was my very first post)!