When did Georgia become a Blue State?
If you're a Republican voter you're not going to like the results from yesterday's dual senate runoff race in Georgia.
Democrats Raphael Warnock has been declared the winner in his race against Senator Kelly Loeffler and and Jon Ossoff is the projected winner against Senator David Perdue.
Black voters and those under age 45 helped Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock unseat Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia after Tuesday's U.S. Senate runoff elections, while the race between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican incumbent Sen. David Perdue remains undecided.
Data from the Fox News Voter Analysis (FNVA), a survey of approximately 4,000 Georgians, show the contours of both races are largely similar -- and mirrored November’s presidential results. The Democratic coalition centered on Black voters (Ossoff +88 points and Warnock +88 points), moderates (+34 in both races), those under age 45 (+16 / +18 points) and suburban voters (+4 / +6 points). Blacks made up 32 percent of the runoff electorate, up from 29 percent in November.
President-elect Joe Biden, in his victory over President Trump, won support from Black voters by 86 points, voters under 45 by 13 points, and suburbanites by 12 points, helping him to become the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the Peach State since Bill Clinton in 1992.
White voters, particularly those without college degrees and those living in rural areas, were a major source of strength for the Republicans. Non-college Whites went for both Perdue and Loeffler by 58 points; the Republicans’ margins among rural Whites (+64 each) were even greater. Overall, Perdue won White voters by 46 points and Loeffler won them by 44 points, improving on President Trump’s 40 points in November.
Voters clearly saw the Georgia runoffs as a battle for control of the U.S. Senate. Most said which party controlled the Senate was an important factor -- if not the single most important factor -- to their vote.
MARIETTA, GEORGIA - JANUARY 05: Georgia Democratic candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock speaks at his Labor Canvass Launch at IBEW Local 613 on January 05, 2021 in Marietta, Georgia. Polls have opened across Georgia in the two runoff elections, pitting incumbents Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) and Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) against Democratic candidates Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)