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

  

Atlanta metro area

Forsyth County.  From a 66.8 percentage point GOP advantage in 2004 to a 33.2 percentage point GOP advantage in 2020.  Halved.

Wikipedia 

3rd party votes:  20.5% in 1992, 9.5% in 1996, 5.7% in 2016

(Alabama segregationist George Wallace received 54.1% of the vote in 1968)

Trump received 15,272 more votes than he did in 2016, a 22% increase.   Biden received 18,146 more votes than Clinton did in 2016, an increase of 80%.

Trump's share of the vote decreased by 4.8 percentage points.  Biden increased Clinton's share of the vote by 8.9 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:

• 53.1% - Forsyth County
• 31.3% - Georgia
• 32.1% - U.S.

% of population 65 and older:

• 12.4% - Forsyth County
• 14.3% - Georgia
• 16.5% - U.S.

% of population living in poverty:

•   4.5% - ForsythCounty
• 13.3% - Georgia
• 10.5% - U.S. (they're joking, of course)

The GOP dumbing down of America is not working in Forsyth County.  It's a long way from 1968.  

Other GOP insomnia 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.  Cobb 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)