There are several key counties here that drastically changed from 2012 to 2020. And I have a handy-dandy chart, which is going to be interesting to talk about in a radio format.įOWLER: But if you look at the numbers of several metro Atlanta counties over the years and how they change in their Democratic vote share, this is why we're having this conversation because you have a huge influx of people moving into metro Atlanta for jobs in the tech industry, the film industry and other things like that and bringing Democratic-leaning voters with them. And by the time I graduated high school, it was upper-middle-class, Black, democratic suburbia. I mean, I grew up just south of Atlanta in a place that, when my dad was growing up, it was majority white, rural, Republican farmland. But it is interesting because Georgia and the politics of Georgia so much represent the way our country has changed for the better and in some cases the worse in the last decade or so. I mean, it is a little strange having, I say, the black hole at the center of the political universe be right here in Georgia - great for job security, though.įOWLER: Absolutely. And surrogates and celebrities, they just - they come all the time now.įOWLER: Yeah. Now, of course, presidential candidates, they come multiple times. And I think it was just one of a handful of events. And John Kerry held an event here 18 years ago. You know, I think back for those of you who are in this theater and who've been from Atlanta, this used to be called the Roxy. We didn't have big celebrities coming just a few years ago and the number of presidential visits. You know, last night, I was at an event for Raphael Warnock with Lin-Manuel Miranda. What's it been like watching your own home state become the epicenter of politics?īALI: I mean, it just - I mean, I think we now understand and know what the people in Florida and Ohio felt like for years, you know - the visits, you know, the people. So I want to get started with you, Rahul. I will say it is sort of - kind of become the center of the political universe here in the United States. There has been a lot happening politically here in Georgia. And thankfully, we've got a lot more folks today watching us in the audience, helping us make a podcast, than we normally do when we sit in our silent, little studio. STEPHEN FOWLER, BYLINE: I'm Stephen Fowler, and I also cover Georgia politics for Georgia Public Broadcasting. This is the NPR POLITICS PODCAST live, coming to you from the Buckhead Theatre. (SOUNDBITE OF THE BIGTOP ORCHESTRA'S "TEETER BOARD: FOLIES BERGERE (MARCH AND TWO-STEP)") Things may have changed by the time you hear this. MOORE: This podcast was recorded on Thursday, October 20, at 8:25 p.m. My name is Elena Moore, and I am recording the NPR POLITICS PODCAST live at the Buckhead Theatre in Atlanta.
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