2021 Atlanta Mayor Election (North Atlanta, Buckhead: credit, live, shopping center)

[bu2]

Maybe having the smoozing personality like Reed goes with the giant ego.

[MattCW]

bottoms is hands down the worst mayor for this city! Crime is up, traffic is up, corruption is rampant, and the police are little more than mall-cop jokes ("legalizing" pot, no pursuits, revolving door legal system). I find it funny that a lot of the same people out there who think bottoms can do no wrong, are the same people and turn around and wonder why it's taken 7 years to get lights on the eastside beltline, why it's been 7 years and the trail isn't remotely close to completion, why it's been 7 years and transit on it isn't even a far off dream. This and the previous administration are corrupt cesspits that need to go before a real court, one they can't browbeat or buy their way through.

[BobbyJayATL]

Not to be morbid here, but I'll note that there's a pretty strong likelihood that the 5th District U.S. House seat (which contains most of the city of Atlanta) opens up before that November 2021 race.

Someone currently holding high profile city-wide office in Atlanta stands a pretty good chance of sliding over into that role if he/she pursues it.

[seussie]

2021 is the same year for Atlanta City Council elections too, right? I could see there being a surprise upset where Bottoms would lose to a good candidate who plays identity politics and corruption right. Most people's minds are already made up, but Norwood definitely lost out to too many highlights of her awkward racial politics. And that's definitely going to be what it's about after this census. If there was a candidate like Cathy Woolard but with a smidge bit more visibility, I'd be 1) happy and 2) this election would be interesting to watch. I don't think Bottoms could play that same strategy with a figure not closely aligned to a group folk immediately pan as racist, etc.

[jeoff]

Originally Posted by seussie

2021 is the same year for Atlanta City Council elections too, right? I could see there being a surprise upset where Bottoms would lose to a good candidate who plays identity politics and corruption right. Most people's minds are already made up, but Norwood definitely lost out to too many highlights of her awkward racial politics. And that's definitely going to be what it's about after this census. If there was a candidate like Cathy Woolard but with a smidge bit more visibility, I'd be 1) happy and 2) this election would be interesting to watch. I don't think Bottoms could play that same strategy with a figure not closely aligned to a group folk immediately pan as racist, etc.

As an incumbent, KLB, would have to do something that the general public considers truly awful when compared to previous administrations to have any shot of going down, and she’s not even close to that. About half of the city is white, but a large majority of those whites are left-of-center or open-minded, and they are not going to vote out a competent black mayor.

[waronxmas]

Originally Posted by Gulch

Also said in 2009 and 2017.

Lol, yup. I was in this forum for both and it's funny how this gets trotted out each cycle like it's ever going to mean something.

Before this gets out of hand, here are some things to remember that will fall on deaf ears:

-Atlanta remains a very liberal city, thus progressive/liberal candidates will always be favored
-This is a business-oriented town, so whoever gets the backing of the big name companies will win
-It's more important to be seen as the candidate of the first two points than anything else, not skin color

[waronxmas]

Originally Posted by Born 2 Roll

But if Mayor Bottoms does not (or is simply not able to) increase her fundraising figures in a reasonable amount of time, the potential could be there for her to attract one or more serious challengers who possibly could view her low fundraising totals as a sign of weakness, particularly when it comes to raising funds from Atlanta's large and dominant business/corporate community.

Is there anyone that has amassed a war chest though that could put up a run? I think any of the usual suspects will look at her approval ratings (and the fact that it has been overall good last several years Atlanta) and run the other way.

[Born 2 Roll]

Originally Posted by waronxmas

Is there anyone that has amassed a war chest though that could put up a run? I think any of the usual suspects will look at her approval ratings (and the fact that it has been overall good last several years Atlanta) and run the other way.

Right now, she does not appear to have any serious challengers.

And Mayor Bottoms does appear to doing a good bit of work behind the scenes with important state government figures like GA Governor Kemp and GA House Speaker Ralston to at least attempt to take some of the steam out of the most pointed and damaging state legislation that is aimed at inflicting the harshest of social and cultural punishments upon the City of Atlanta and its important interests like Delta Air Lines, etc.

(… Though there is some very major concern about KLB's effectiveness in the much more deeply conservative Georgia Senate where feelings are the most bitter and openly hostile towards anything Atlanta-related.)

But the relatively low fundraising total (especially when compared to the massive war chest that her immediate predecessor had built up going into his re-election campaign) is concerning because the November 2021 election is still a very long time away.

That is particularly with a highly unpredictable, highly volatile and extremely bruising (if not extremely politically bloody) 2020 Presidential Election season sitting between now and the 2021 Atlanta Mayoral Election, as well as with a national economic downturn likely to occur between now and the 2021 Atlanta Mayoral Election.

(… Keep in mind that the current economic expansion has officially been in progress since 2009 and is now the longest on record in American history.)

Increasing political angst at the GOP-dominated Gold Dome (where increasingly anxious rural and exurban conservatives are likely to be eager to express their angst over the state's changing demographics by lashing out at their favorite target or cultural ire in the City of Atlanta) and within the decidedly left-of-center circles within the City of Atlanta (where the black population continues to decline as a percentage of the city's population as more young white professionals move into the city) has the potential to have unpredictable consequences on a KLB re-election campaign, especially in such a highly unpredictable and highly volatile environment as the current one.

[LynnHarris1]

Felicia Moore sets up run for Atlanta mayor

https://saportareport.com/felicia-mo...maria_saporta/

SOURCE: Saporta Report

[ronricks]

Originally Posted by LynnHarris1

Felicia Moore sets up run for Atlanta mayor

https://saportareport.com/felicia-mo...maria_saporta/

SOURCE: Saporta Report

Potential candidates see blood in the water just as they did with Paul Howard. Anyone claiming that KLB will win in a landslide either:


-doesn't live in the city proper


-hasn't been paying attention to what has been happening in the city the last 12 months


-is just out of touch with reality