Fayette County, Georgia: Why the GOP believes that voter suppression is the only path to survival

 

Atlanta metro area

Fayette County.  From a 45.6 percentage point GOP advantage in 2004 to a 6.8 percentage point GOP advantage in 2020.   Major-league shrinkage.

Wikipedia 

3rd party votes:  17.9% in 1992, 7% in 1996, 5.2% in 2016

(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 57.1% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 2,908 more votes than he did in 2016, a 8% increase.   Biden received 9,788 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 42%.

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 4.3 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 8 percentage points. 

The GOP suburban problem, graphed.  (Same source as line graph above.)

Demographically speaking.

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts

% of population 25 and older with bachelor's degree:

• 46.2% - Fayette County
• 31.3% - Georgia
• 32.1% - U.S.

% of population 65 and older:

• 18.7% - Fayette County
• 14.3% - Georgia
• 16.5% - U.S.

% of population living in poverty:

•   5.4% - Fayette County
• 13.3% - Georgia
• 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

The GOP dumbing down of America is not working in Fayette County.  

Other GOP nightmare locations:

Denver metro area:

Colorado.  Adams County.  (3/25/2021)

Colorado.  Arapahoe County.  (3/25/2021)

Colorado.  Denver County.  (3/25/2021)
Colorado.  Douglas County.  (3/25/2021)

Colorado.  Jefferson County.  (3/25/2021)

Atlanta metro area:

Georgia.  Clayton County.  (3/26/2021)

Georgia.  Cobb County.  (3/26/2021)

Georgia.  DeKalb County.  (3/26/2021)

Georgia.  Forsyth County.  (3/26/2021)

Georgia.  Gwinnett County.  (3/26/2021)

Georgia.  Henry County.  (3/26/2021)

Georgia   Rockdale County.  (3/26/2021)

Indianpolis metro area:

Indiana.  Hamilton County.  (3/23/2021)
Indiana.  Hancock County.  (3/23/2021)
Indiana.  Hendricks County.  (3/23/2021)
Indiana.  Johnson County.  (3/23/2021)

Indiana.  Marion County.  (3/24/2021)

Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area

Minnesota.  Anoka County.  (3/22/2021)

Minnesota.  Carver County.  (3/21/2021)

Minnesota.  Dakota County.  (3/22/2021)

Minnesota.  Washington County.  (3/22/2021)

Kansas City metro area:

Missouri.  Clay County.  (3/22/2021)

Missouri.  Platte County.  (3/22/2021)

Dallas/Fort Worth metro area:

Texas.  Collin County.  (3/24/2021)

Texas.  Dallas County.  (3/24/2021)

Texas.  Denton County.  (3/24/2021)

Texas.  Ellis County.  (3/24/2021)

Texas.  Kaufman County.  (3/24/2021)

Texas.  Tarrant County.  (3/24/2021)

Milwaukee metro area

Wisconisn.  Ozaukee County. (3/23/2021) 

Wisconsin.  Waukesha County.  (3/23/2021)