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Runoffs Test Democrats in Turning Out Black Voters

December 27, 2020 at 4:11 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Wall Street Journal: “The November election reinforced a pattern showing that party affiliation is increasingly connected with where voters live. Rural voters across the country overwhelmingly supported President Trump, while American cities remained Democratic strongholds, and this year, once reliably Republican suburbs shifted to blue.”

“Black Americans have bucked those trends by largely supporting Democrats regardless of whether they live in big cities, suburbs or rural areas, according to voter surveys and a comparison of demographic data and election results.”

“That dynamic has taken on added importance in Georgia, where Black voters make up about a third of active voters in the Atlanta metropolitan area and about a quarter elsewhere in the state. The two Senate contests will likely come down to whether Republicans can run up the score in rural areas and hold off a surge of Democratic voters in the Atlanta metro area.”

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