In Atlanta's suburbs, is a political revolution brewing?

[babylonsister]

We can hope...

In Atlanta's suburbs, is a political revolution brewing?
a shift in thought

A Democrat holds a commanding lead in the April 18 race for Georgia's Sixth District – which has been Republican since the 1970s. With other Democrat outsiders making unexpectedly strong showings in GOP strongholds, early races may hold clues to movement's strength.



April 11, 2017 Brookhaven, Ga.—Amid honking horns and kids waving “Vote Your Ossoff” signs, Lisa Duncan relishes the excitement driving Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, to a commanding lead in a district that Republicans have owned since the 1970s.

“Jon is a really positive guy, and he’s part of a movement to get smart people in that are sincere, conscientious, and want to stay with the party,” says Ms. Duncan, a local activist. “So, not negative – that’s what we really need.”

As she talks, a lot of drivers honk, their thumbs up; a man in a pick-up truck boos, his thumb down.

Duncan is one of thousands of anxious Georgians in search of hope at the ballot box. She says she has found it in Mr. Ossoff, a 30-year-old documentary filmmaker whose name recognition has skyrocketed as the stakes have risen here in Atlanta's northern suburbs.

A big question for Ossoff and other Democrats vying for success in conservative corners of the United States is whether the anti-Trump sentiment that has reared up in rallies and town halls is deep enough to sway a race in a state that handily elected Trump in November. It’s a question that’s cropping up unexpectedly in Republican strongholds from Georgia to Kansas to Montana, where districts that the GOP has held for decades are suddenly taking on a violet hue.

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http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/0411/In-Atlanta-s-suburbs-is-a-political-revolution-brewing?cmpid=FB

[democratisphere]

1. Could be. Hope so. We will see on the 18th.

Time for positive change.

[Beartracks]

2. Kinda getting the feeling that many Republican "strongholds"...

... are built on -- and have only ever been built on -- sand.

It's quite possible these so-called strongholds have only appeared that way as many voters in them might not have actually been voting, based perhaps on the notion that Republicans can't be beat.

But they can.

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