Both parties target events far from the Democrat-dominated metro Atlanta.
GEORGIA, USA — South Georgia is the state’s late August political hotspot – with Democrat Kamala Harris planning to swing through territory that Republican JD Vance visited last week.
Although more votes are in metro Atlanta, both campaigns are wagering that swing voters can be found below Georgia’s “gnat line,” the fall line that runs from Columbus to Augusta between north Georgia’s Piedmont region and south Georgia’s Coastal Plain.
JD Vance was in Valdosta last week in a county where Republican Donald Trump easily carried the vote in 2020. Yet more than 20,000 voters here in Lowndes County voted for Joe Biden in 2020. And the GOP chairman here is predicting a nail biter in 2024.
“Yeah, every vote counts. It was very tight that year, and I think it’ll be close this year, but I think Trump will carry Georgia,” Lowndes County GOP …