The 2024 Red Wave

Welcome to The Georgia Politics Podcast! On today's show we discuss Tuesday's election results and where Democrats go from here.

The top line is that Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris in a race that ultimately wasn't all that close. The country moved right - everywhere. Trump increased his margins from 2020 in Florida by 10%, Texas by 10%, Ohio by 3%, New York by 13% and Virginia by 6%.

He also increased his margin of the black vote from 8% in 2020 to 13% in 2024 and with the Latino vote from 32% to 45%.

In Georgia, we saw much the same, with Republicans retaining control of both chambers of the legislature. They will keep their 33-23 majority in the Senate, where the closest race was SD 48, which saw Republican Shawn Still defeat Democratic challenger Ashwin Ramaswami with 53.6% of the vote.

The only seat Republicans lost in the House went to a candidate running as an independent, leaving Democrats with the same 78 seats to 101 for the GOP.

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