In the Republican stronghold of Forsyth County, Georgia, a Democratic event in support of Kamala Harris saw its largest-ever crowd.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported:
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear jumped into the seat of a Dodge Ram 1500 in Atlanta’s northern suburbs on Sunday and scanned the crowd of hundreds who had gathered to watch him, some of whom were among the first Participated in Democratic Party activities.
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The campaign sent him Sunday to Forsyth County, a classic Republican stronghold where Democrats have struggled to make gains. Many locals said they had never seen such a crowd at a Democratic event here.
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It’s a reliably Republican county that hasn’t had a Democratic candidate since Jimmy Carter won the White House. Four years ago, Biden couldn’t get a third of the vote here.
Beshear clip:
Trump’s national vote share dropped from 71% in 2016 to 66% in 2020. The state’s vote ultimately fell below 60%, Biden’s narrow victory in 2020, which may have been enough to help Georgia stay blue for the second consecutive presidential election cycle.
Democrats have adopted the same strategy in Pennsylvania. Since Trump relied almost entirely on rural red counties to win, the goal is to activate every Democratic vote in those areas to prevent Trump from gaining an even higher margin of victory.
Harris’ momentum is real. People don’t want to go back to the Donald Trump era. The desire for a new generation of leadership is strong, even in the reddest areas of swing states like Pennsylvania and Georgia.
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