Posted on 10/30/2018 11:00:46 AM PDT by Pining_4_TX
Georgias registered voters became more racially diverse this year, continuing a long-term demographic trend among the electorate.
White voters are still the majority in Georgia, but their collective influence is slowly waning each election year, according to voter registration data from the Georgia Secretary of States Office. Meanwhile, racial minorities are gradually gaining ground.
The latest voting numbers released this week by the state present an updated look at how it has changed in recent years, in terms of race, gender and age. The figures were compiled after the Oct. 9 voter registration deadline and analyzed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The voter registration figures tell a story thats been unfolding for years: Georgias voting population is undergoing a consistent demographic shift that could influence which candidates and political parties win elections.
In the race for governor, about 70 percent of white voters support Republican Brian Kemp, and 92 percent of black voters back Democrat Stacey Abrams, according to an AJC poll conducted this month. Election Day is Nov. 6.
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Yes, but a larger and growing percentage refuse to identify their race. Which group is most likely to do that? White people.
True....but Isackson is old. If he dies in office, the governor gets to appoint his replacement.
I don’t think that translates to local Republican votes with a black candidate on the ballot. I hope I’m wrong, and that measurable numbers of blacks learned from the Obama years. But I’m not counting on it.
[As 90-95% of blacks vote democrat, as do 70% of Latinos and Asians, the more racial diversity we have, the more elections become simply a racial head count, as opposed to a contest of ideas.]
That's very good to know, thank you!
The problem is that the Dems not only pay them to attend rallies and to protest Republicans - but they also have and will continue to pay them to vote.
You are so right. :-(
“True....but Isackson is old. If he dies in office, the governor gets to appoint his replacement.”
Good point; I had forgotten about that.
As voting for Trump to me was really a vote for SCOTUS a vote for Kemp is really a vote for a potential Senator.
I dont really believe any poll put out by the AJC. There are many more black conservative business owners in Atlanta than the AJC would care to admit.
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