Clayton County was conservative, just like DeKalb County once was conservative. When the Fulton County ghetto reached the breaking point in the mid-80s, DeKalb County was overrun with blacks, forcing the whites farther out. The same thing has happened in Clayton County: Clayton was over 90% white as of 1980, under 75% as of 1990, and down to 35% as of the 2000 Census.
Conservative no more, unless it is somehow considered conservative to vote 65% for Al Gore.
Cobb, Douglas & Gwinnett Counties, still somewhat nice areas, are rapidly moving towards the same fate as DeKalb & Clayton. In metro Atlanta, Forsyth, Henry & Paulding counties (among some others) are the rapidly-growing, family-oriented areas, as the suburbs move farther and farther out (they have to; the "city" is moving farther out too, and has been for 20 years).
DWG
You're correct. I'm right on the Henry/Clayton border surrounded by the last of the conservative area I suppose.
However, I posted the article because I was excited about what looks like honest efforts to keep another Florida fiasco from happening in spite of dems like Charley being above the law (which he truly believes he is). And, I just thought it was pretty ironic that while we're still hearing about the so-called illegitimate election, the dems are trying to pull the same old stuff and then try and spin their way out of it.
So let's not turn this into a whites-are-getting-pushed-out-of-all-the nice-areas thread, okay?