Washington Post on Georgia Turning Purple

[hopper]

Lets See Georgia's recent electoral history:

1972: Blowout Win for Nixon because of a Dem Candidate who is totally out of toon with electorate and Nixon wins state by 12 points more than the national popular vote.
1976 and 1980: Carter wins because its his homestate.
1984: Reagan wins because of a Dem Candidate whose policies are New Deal policies which are 1960'sish but Reagan only wins the state only by a 3 point margin over the national popular vote.
1988: Easy win for Bush W. here and the state is 6 more points Republican than the national popular vote average. Dukakis is a bad fit for the Southeast US.
1992: Clinton takes state and the state is a swing state
1996: Dole wins state but its still a swing state
2000: Bush W. wins here big because of the white evangelical vote and shock to me Gore wasn't more competitive because he is from the South
2004: Again Bush wins here big since Kerry is not a Southerner and Bush W. gets hite evanglelical support
2008: Dem Wave Year: McCain wins here but state trends D
2012: Romney wins here but state trends D again.

Bottom line: Dems can be competitive here but not with the wrong candidate!