Patricia Murphy: Georgia Democrats banking on fast-changing Atlanta suburbs – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Patricia Murphy: Georgia Democrats banking on fast-changing Atlanta suburbs  The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Population changes in Atlanta’s suburbs are fueling Democrats’ hopes for electoral wins next week, too. Democrats in Georgia feel so close to victory in the midterm elections they can almost taste it. And they’re looking to the fast-growing, fast-changing Atlanta suburbs to close the deal. Once considered the cradle of the state’s modern Republican Party, complete with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s 6th Congressional District, the suburban areas of north Fulton, Cobb, Gwinnett and Forsyth counties have not only flipped to the Democrats in some cases, they are also fueling the party’s hopes that the booming, diverse population outside of the Atlanta city limits will translate to electoral wins next week, too.

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