[Pan_Yan]

Ga is about 30% black. If the black vote is going D 85+% of the time that means the R candidate needs 67% of the remaining vote to win.

And that may work to the republican advantage this year. With 75% of the precincts reporting you have 625,789 republican primary votes for governor and only 362,995 democrats. And that's with two black candidates running against Roy Barnes for the democrat nomination. With no Obama on the ballot in November I think their turnout will be dismal. I don't think republicans will have that problem.

[Pan_Yan]

Just for clarification that’s 75% of the total vote. It’s 95% of election day voting, 73% of early voting and 58% of mail in ballots.

[Principled]

With no Obama on the ballot in November I think their turnout will be dismal.

I agree.

Let it be said again that this thread is whoopin' me for trying to explain Sarah's endorsement and Handel's win.

I do not support her. I'm commenting on reasons for the above.