For Willie L. Talton, 60, of Warner Robins, there was no epiphany, no moment the lights flashed on and he realized he was a Republican. Neither did that moment occur for 30-year-old Nick Chester of Mableton. "I have voted for lots of Democrats," says Talton, the chief deputy sheriff of Houston County. "But in the last two or three years, I have been an independent voter. And as you start voting, you start learning things. I realized all of the candidates I was voting for were Republicans, so I started watching them and I started attending meetings. It seemed like...