Shifting Demographics Tilt Presidential Races in American Suburbs (WSJ) (Atlanta: living in, education)

[bryantm3]

Shifting Demographics Tilt Presidential Races in American Suburbs - WSJ.com

Atlanta is pretty prominently mentioned in this article.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by bryantm3

Shifting Demographics Tilt Presidential Races in American Suburbs - WSJ.com

Atlanta is pretty prominently mentioned in this article.

Unfortunately my demographic can't afford all these new pay-walls.

Whatever happened to the good old-fashioned free news we had back in the naughts?

[Cameron H]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Unfortunately my demographic can't afford all these new pay-walls.

Whatever happened to the good old-fashioned free news we had back in the naughts?

They went out of business. "Free" turns out to be a poor business model.

[bryantm3]

Originally Posted by arjay57

Unfortunately my demographic can't afford all these new pay-walls.

Whatever happened to the good old-fashioned free news we had back in the naughts?

damn! try clicking on the first google search result:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Shif...x-a&channel=sb

i encountered that problem but i thought i had linked to their free version. it's too late to edit my first post, so i hope this helps.

[arjay57]

Thank you, bryant, worked like a charm.

A most interesting read. I have been watching the changes in Loudoun with interest. It's still hardcore Republican out west, although even there folks are fairly moderate on social issues.

[bryantm3]

here's a neat graph they posted about atlanta:

[Newsboy]

Originally Posted by bryantm3

here's a neat graph they posted about atlanta:

So while the minority population (diversity) of the metro has gone up, so has the education level.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by Cameron H

They went out of business. "Free" turns out to be a poor business model.

Yeah, I hate that.

[workaholics]

What's so interesting to me, and what seems to not be reported as much, is how the urban/rural divide has also affected politics. It used to be that Democrats could count on winning a lot of very rural areas of the country, like coal country in Appalachia and areas of the deep south. But that region has become increasingly Republican while cities and these mature suburbs mentioned in the article have really swung towards the Democrats. This probably has a lot to do with GOP rhetoric that really appeals to rural, conservative, traditional voters. Democrats, on the other hand, increasingly tout diversity and better access to programs and services that resonates with people living urban areas, where these issues are more important to them.

Take a look at this gif of how D and R support has changed across Georgia. You can see the metro swing heavily to Democrats while the rural areas get much much redder



I think this pic sums up the article very well. Dems used to win Georgia on the strength of rural areas, but if they ever want to win again here they will need to rely on Metro Atlanta.

[AnsleyPark]

Living in a pink county nowadays, I'm doing my darnedest to bluen it (made up word there...)!