is Georgia slowly returning to its democratic roots?

[freepcrusher]

Georgia has one of the strongest democratic traditions. The democratic nominee for president has gotten a majority of votes in Georgia 28 times, more than any other state. But in recent years its turned republican. No democrat has gotten more than 50 percent since 1980 and no democrat not named Carter has gotten 50 percent since 1960.

But is the state coming home to the democratic party? Looking at a map of north Central Georgia I see that in 1984 the only county in that area to vote for Mondale was Fulton County. In 1988, DeKalb County joined Fulton in voting for Dukakis. Clayton County, which gave Bush 65 percent of the vote in 1988, narrowly voted for Clinton in 1992, and has remained democratic ever since. In 2008, the democratic voting habits spread to Rockdale, Newton, and Douglas counties while Fulton, DeKalb, and Clayton counties have become even more democratic. Obama won 67, 78, and 82 percent in those counties. Obama also managed to do respectably in Gwinnett and Cobb counties, both of which have a lot of population, and until recently were uber gop.

Not only that, but I have heard that a lot of blacks are moving to the Atlanta Area. I don't want to generalize, but blacks have been the democratic party's most reliable voting bloc for the past 50 years, so having more blacks is going to help shift the state towards the democratic party.

[freepcrusher]

well the strategy for winning Georgia would be to rack up huge margins of victory in metro Atlanta and hope that can bail you out elsewhere. Try to get 80% in both DeKalb and Clayton counties and 70% in Fulton County. Get in the mid to high 50s in Douglas, Newton, and Rockdale counties. Try to narrowly win Gwinnett, Cobb, and Henry counties.