Not necessarily. In past elections, heavier turnout was concentrated in urban or rural districts, which is where the swing vote came in. From what I've seen and heard, turnout here is heavy every-freakin'-where.
Part of it is tied to the novelty of the new voting machines, but a lot of it is tied directly to the three very vindictive races here: the 11th Congressional District is a new district up the western side of the state, running for more than 130 miles from Rome in the north down to Columbus in the south, and from the state line eastward to the Atlanta city limits.
Had Bob Barr not moved from his Mableton home, he would have had a fairly easy shot in that district. The new district has former liquor distributor Roger Kahn (D) who pretends to be a farmer to try to get votes against Marietta doctor and state legislator Phil Gingrey (R).
The Sonny Perdue-Roy Barnes gubernatorial race has gotten even nastier in the last week and a half, with Barnes tossing out his race-baiting ad, and Perdue using a statement from Barnes in a televised debate that implied that it was OK if children died in state custody in a controversial TV ad.
The Chambliss-Cleland Senate race is heating up as well, with a war of words going back and forth with each side calling the other liar.
It ain't pretty, but it certainly gets out the votes.
No, it depends where in Atlanta... downtown = bad, suburban ring = excellent.