Bacon King
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« on: May 12, 2012, 04:10:35 PM » |
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« edited: May 12, 2012, 04:14:29 PM by Bacon King »
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The GOP gerrymander will probably give them enough votes in the General Assembly after November to pass the constitutional amendment required to create Milton County. In addition, the new legislative map includes several Republican districts that barely dip into Fulton County, so the otherwise Democratic Fulton County delegation won't have a majority to block it via local deference. A new Milton County is definitely something that's possible, if not even likely; the most likely path for its failure would probably be South Georgia Republicans voting against it out of apathy towards suburban concerns (either in the Assembly, or in the subsequent referendum).
For the record, North Fulton is, and probably always will be, a solidly Republican area. It was one of the first areas to begin voting GOP when they first started becoming competitive in the state. It's populated by a bunch of rich McMansion-dwelling suburbanites that'll be voting for their economic interests no matter what.
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