Everyone is familiar with the maps that attempt to show how each state will vote in the presidential race, typically color coded red and blue, with lighter shades indicating less confidence in the prediction. Over at ShareBlue, a Democratic-leaning media company, they’ve come up with state-level maps that project how each county will vote in
News surfaced late last month that a new independent political committee had been registered with the Georgia Ethics Commission — the Promoting Republican Ideals and Conservative Ethics PAC, the initials thereof spelling out the last name of Georgia’s sixth District Congressman Tom Price. New details have emerged about the PAC’s purpose, at least as far
According to a new report by CrowdPAC, Georgia’s most polarized city is Cumming, while the least polarized city is Decatur. CrowdPAC ranks political candidates and officeholders on a 20 point scale allows up to 10 points on the liberal side and 10 points on the conservative side. The organization uses candidates’ statements, voting records, and
Georgia Association of College Republicans Chairman Brennan Mancil is apparently the first member of the Georgia Republican Party Executive Committee to publicly state that he will not support Donald Trump as the party’s presidential nominee. Mancil’s disavowal of Trump came after a video surfaced in which the candidate described in graphic terms an attempt to
Last night, UGA’s College Republicans and Young Democrats faced off in the annual rendition of The Great Debate, an event where each organization argues its party’s platform in front of a student audience. I was dispatched to cover it and must say that if we are to judge these debates by their entertainment value, I
In recent elections, Henry County has become yet another metro-Atlanta county to gain battleground status. Indeed, Mitt Romney won Henry in 2012 with only a 3,000 margin out of over 91,000 cast, down from a 6,500 vote margin for John McCain in 2008. Despite this shift in electoral math that will undoubtedly effect the margin
Georgia Rep. Tom Price delivered the Weekly Republican Address on Saturday morning. Price, who is a former orthopedic surgeon, criticized the Affordable Care Act and discussed the GOP alternative that was released as part of Speaker Paul Ryan’s Better Way policy initiative. The full text of the speech is below the fold.
Sen. Johnny Isakson honored Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R, GA-3) from the Senate Floor on Thursday. Isakson recognized Westmoreland’s many years of leadership in the U.S. House, while also noting some of his professional accomplishments prior to joining Congress. Sen. Isakson also took a few moments to share a little about Westmoreland’s family, including his 47 years of
CNN takes a look at the Georgia Senate race between Democrat Jim Barksdale and Republican Johnny Isakson, and wonders if the Democrats missed an opportunity to pick up a Senate seat in this year of presidential candidate discontent. Prominent Georgia Democrats, from Rev. Raphael Warnock of Ebenezer Baptist Church to House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams
