President-elect Joe Biden is going to be the next president of the United States. That hasn’t stopped President Donald Trump and his campaign from claiming without any proof that there was wide scale fraud in the 2020 election. The truth, as confirmed by an audit of Georgia’s votes, is that […] Read more »
The Double Went Down to Georgia
… Don’t expect much ticket splitting in the Peachtree State. Putting the Georgia races aside, in every Senate race this year, save the one in Maine, voters chose the same party for president and Senate. In 2016, every single Senate and presidential contest went the same way. Simply put, anyone […] Read more »
Next Stop: Georgia
On this week’s episode of Poll Hub, the composition of the U.S. government literally hangs in the balance with two U.S. Senate race runoffs in Georgia serving as arbiters. As time elapses from Election Day to January, what are the challenges for both parties? Then, Pfizer’s announcement of a potentially […] Read more »
Exit poll analysis: Which voters supported Biden or Trump in Georgia and North Carolina?
In Georgia, which has not voted to send a Democrat to the White House since Bill Clinton won the state in 1992, Joe Biden was able to hold onto some traditional Democratic voting groups like Black voters and younger voters while also making inroads with White voters, particularly those with […] Read more »
Why the Senate is so tough for Democrats
The expected twin Georgia runoff elections in January that will determine control of the Senate encapsulate the structural challenge facing Democrats as they battle to secure a majority in the chamber that could determine the shape of Joe Biden’s presidency. As the results of Senate contests increasingly correlate with the […] Read more »
Georgia’s political shift – a tale of urban and suburban change
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator David Perdue wanted to avoid a runoff. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Jan Nijman, Georgia State University Over the past 36 years, the state of Georgia has voted for Republican presidential candidates in every cycle except 1992, when voters backed Bill Clinton. In the past 20 years, it […] Read more »