#Georgia
WHITE GEORGIA REPUBLICAN WINS SOLID DEMOCRAT DISTRICT BY 84 VOTE MARGIN:
2016 DEMOCRATS JUST MAY BE IN TROUBLE:
UNEMPLOYED & UNDEREMPLOYED BLACK VOTERS ARE TIRED OF OBAMANOMICS.
~ Dekalb election watchers made last week’s surprising Republican victory in a solidly Democratic district official on Monday:
Republican JaNice Van Ness defeated former Democratic state Rep. Tonya Anderson by an 84-vote margin.
Van Ness’ special election runoff victory has prompted much hand-wringing among Democrats who wonder how their candidate lost in a Lithonia-based Senate district that voted more than 70 percent for President Barack Obama.
Some soul-searching Democrats cite a range of reasons for the loss, including higher than expected apathy for a special election the week after Thanksgiving and not enough focus to counter turnout in a conservative snippet of the district in Rockdale County.
The Washington Examiner weighed in with some analysis:
Does this mean that middle-income blacks are trending Republican? Maybe, maybe not.
Van Ness undoubtedly benefited from local ties: a small business owner and found of a private school, she was elected to the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners in 2006 and 2010. Turnout was low and she probably benefited from personal ties.
But it does suggest that in the post-Obama years more black voters than in the past may be willing to give serious consideration to Republican candidates.
Georgia Democrats push back hard on that line of thinking. Some consider the seat a short-term “rental” that will inevitably flip back to the party with a turnout surge for November’s presidential election.
Van Ness, meanwhile, could be an interesting test case as she tries to navigate the political divide in an overwhelmingly Democratic district.
She told the Rockdale Citizen she wants to elevate the district to a “new level.”
“The accomplishment of winning this race will only improve the view of District 43 to be open-minded in electing someone that will work for all of the residents and businesses in Newton, Rockdale and Lithonia,” she told the newspaper.
Sources: AJC, Rockdale Connector, Washington Examiner, YouTube
~ Dekalb election watchers made last week’s surprising Republican victory in a solidly Democratic district official on Monday:
Republican JaNice Van Ness defeated former Democratic state Rep. Tonya Anderson by an 84-vote margin.
Van Ness’ special election runoff victory has prompted much hand-wringing among Democrats who wonder how their candidate lost in a Lithonia-based Senate district that voted more than 70 percent for President Barack Obama.
Some soul-searching Democrats cite a range of reasons for the loss, including higher than expected apathy for a special election the week after Thanksgiving and not enough focus to counter turnout in a conservative snippet of the district in Rockdale County.
The Washington Examiner weighed in with some analysis:
Does this mean that middle-income blacks are trending Republican? Maybe, maybe not.
Van Ness undoubtedly benefited from local ties: a small business owner and found of a private school, she was elected to the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners in 2006 and 2010. Turnout was low and she probably benefited from personal ties.
But it does suggest that in the post-Obama years more black voters than in the past may be willing to give serious consideration to Republican candidates.
Georgia Democrats push back hard on that line of thinking. Some consider the seat a short-term “rental” that will inevitably flip back to the party with a turnout surge for November’s presidential election.
Van Ness, meanwhile, could be an interesting test case as she tries to navigate the political divide in an overwhelmingly Democratic district.
She told the Rockdale Citizen she wants to elevate the district to a “new level.”
“The accomplishment of winning this race will only improve the view of District 43 to be open-minded in electing someone that will work for all of the residents and businesses in Newton, Rockdale and Lithonia,” she told the newspaper.
Sources: AJC, Rockdale Connector, Washington Examiner, YouTube
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