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Tight Georgia Race Comes Down to Metro Atlanta

2016

+5.1 Trump

2020

+0.2 Biden

Current statewide margin

Joseph R. Biden Jr. held a narrow lead in Georgia on Sunday after seeing big gains in support in Atlanta and its suburbs. Georgia’s secretary of state said the margin was so close that officials would conduct a recount.

SavannahAtlanta
Shift from 2016
In counties that have reported almost all of their votes
More Democratic
More Republican

A closer look at Atlanta and its suburbs shows Mr. Biden’s core of support in the state located there, with the outer rings trending largely toward President Trump.

Precinct results in the Atlanta area

Circles show size of

lead for Trump or Biden

in each precinct

Alpharetta

Marietta

Atlanta

Georgia

Circles show size of lead for Trump or Biden in each precinct

Alpharetta

Marietta

Atlanta

Georgia

Circles show size of lead for

Trump or Biden in each precinct

Alpharetta

Marietta

Atlanta

Georgia

Several Atlanta suburbs and Columbia County, near Augusta, swung more than 10 points to the left for Mr. Biden compared with the 2016 vote.

Margin of victory in Georgia counties since 2008

Each line shows margins in one county over time

Republicans have traditionally depended on big margins among white voters to overwhelm the large share of Democratic Black voters across the state. But Mr. Biden made gains in counties that are predominantly white and in those where most white residents have no college degrees.

Shift in county margins from 2016

Share of population
that is Black

+10D
0
+10R

More Black

Less Black

Share of population
that is white

+10D
0
+10R

More white

Less white

Share of white population
with no college degree

+10D
0
+10R

Fewer college educated

More college educated

Mr. Biden maintained the Democrats’ long-standing support among Black communities in the state, while those areas that are less Black were more divided between the candidates.