Blue surge in Georgia: What election shows about shifts in suburban values
APRIL 19, 2017 BROOKHAVEN, GA.—Her peach-emblazoned “I voted!” sticker peeling from her shirt, Jessie Bragg anxiously awaited the result of the Georgia Sixth District congressional election, glancing at a map on her phone showing the depth of support for Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, in one of the country’s traditionally conservative districts.
“Georgia has never been so blue!” the Millennial barkeep exclaimed, holding her phone up.
Mr. Ossoff, a former congressional aide and documentary filmmaker, won 48.1 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s special election. While he did not breach the 50 percent threshold to avoid a runoff in June, he did surge to an easy plurality in the district – the place where Newt Gingrich catapulted into national politics with a 1979 win.
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2017/0419/Blue-surge-in-Georgia-What-election-shows-about-shifts-in-suburban-values
