GiddyGap@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 10 months agoKamala Harris leads Donald Trump in 5 battleground states, tied in Georgia, poll findswww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down17
arrow-up1372arrow-down1external-linkKamala Harris leads Donald Trump in 5 battleground states, tied in Georgia, poll findswww.usatoday.comGiddyGap@lemm.ee to politics @lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months ago60 percent of Georgia’s population live in the Atlanta metro. Take a look at this map from the 2020 election and you see why it’s tight in GA: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/upshot/2020-election-map.html
minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-210 months agoI get it, but lots of signs do not mean lots of votes. Where the highest population densities are in the Atlanta metro, you’ll have lots of Harris votes.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoIt’s insane to me that the population of Atlanta is only 500k, but the metro area is 6,300k. Suburban sprawl completely out of control.
60 percent of Georgia’s population live in the Atlanta metro.
Take a look at this map from the 2020 election and you see why it’s tight in GA:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/upshot/2020-election-map.html
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I get it, but lots of signs do not mean lots of votes. Where the highest population densities are in the Atlanta metro, you’ll have lots of Harris votes.
It’s insane to me that the population of Atlanta is only 500k, but the metro area is 6,300k. Suburban sprawl completely out of control.
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