Georgia may turn blue
Election results at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 6, 2020. (image from the Associated Press)
By Haley Night |
Editor-in-chief
According to the Associated Press, former Vice President Biden is leading with over 1,500 votes in Georgia, turning the primarily red state blue.
“Georgia has been trending more Democratic in recent election cycles. Stacey Abrams came very close to beating Governor Kemp in 2018, which would have been the first Democratic governor since Sonny Perdue won in 2002. Before that election, the state’s last governor was Rufus Bullock during Reconstruction (1868-1872),” says Dr. William Hatcher, interim chair of the department of social sciences.
Specifically, Columbia county has seen more democratic votes in this year’s election than in the 2016 election. The county is a “republican stronghold” says Hatcher.
Hatcher has noticed a change in the suburban areas of our nation.
“But the suburbs are changing (in Georgia and nationwide). The suburbs are becoming more diverse, and many suburban counties actually struggle with many residents living in poverty. In Georgia, counties like Cobb and Gwinnett have shifted from Republican strongholds to Democratic counties,” says Hatcher.
Students have had mixed reactions regarding the election. Some are tired and stressed while others had anticipated the controversy happening now.
“I knew this was going to happen, it was a fabricated perfect storm to steal the election by the Dems. We had riots and big tech flex their power to paint a narrative that gaslit the majority of Americans. Censorship of the right and soft suppression (social ostracization, getting fired/failing a class in school) of their first amendment has prompted them to vote for Trump. Google is big tech, you have to go to an alternative search browser to find any morsel of truth (DuckDuckGo), because google will give you doctored “facts” about polling and ballots meant to make conservatives look loony or radical,” says Day, an MCG student who has declined to give their first name.
“My personal opinion about GA turning blue is that it isn’t. Fraud shows it to be, but if you’ve been anywhere outside of Fulton county, you know that’s bullshit. Georgians are not generally for higher taxes, identity politics, riots, looting, censorship, foreign wars and the establishment. That doesn’t make sense to anyone outside of the liberal arts bubbles in metropolitan areas. Use your critical thinking skills,” says Day regarding Georgia’s switch.
A senior, 24, IT major who declined being named expressed the toll the election has placed on their life; however was surprised by Georgia’s change from red to blue.
“I’m a little surprised, people kept saying Georgia was a swing state but I have always visualized Georgia as a fairly conservative state,” says IT major.
A graduate student from AU actively opposes and is disappointed in Georgia’s turn because they do not agree with demoractic policies.
“Georgia has always had an interesting relationship between differing races and ethnicities and so I wasn’t too surprised that Georgia turned blue,” says a junior undergraduate student who declined being named on Summerville campus.
