My county, 96% white, 1% black, 2-3% other (Hispanics mostly). Hell, I can drive some of the backroads here and still see Rebel Flags and outposts with signs that have all kinds of retro things on them. Not hardly.
There are perhaps 6 or 8 metro counties where Yankees now live. Metro Atlanta. There are over 150 other Georgia Counties, most of whose residents would likely frown or spit when you say “Atlanta.”
All it takes is a large metropolitan area to influence the laws all over the state (Atlanta!). If you think upstate/western NY is anything like New York City, you are mistaken. Outside the urban areas this state is quite conservative. Doesn’t matter. The communists infesting NYC make it impossible for the rest of us to live as we want.
It can, and likely will, happen to GA too, as the demographics change. Hint: they are not changing in our favor. I didn’t say it was happening next week but check back in a decade or two.