to help build a state-wide majority for Biden. This formula worked in numerous areas around the state to build the famous 11,780-vote margin for Biden in 2020.
Fayette Co. is somewhat schizoid, with a mix of very conservative white evangelical Christians, wealthy, college-educated residents, Delta Airlines employees, and an influx of movie & TV industry personnel (although not all of them reside in Georgia full time, of course). Part of the county is represented in Congress by Republican Drew Ferguson (District 3) and part by Democrat David Scott (District 13).
Biden/Harris won Georgia in 2020 with 2,473,633 votes to 2,461,854 for Individual 1/Fly-head, whereas the Republican ticket won the state by more than 211,000 votes in 2016.
According to usafacts.org, Fayette's non-Hispanic Black population has grown from 21,435 to 32,483 from 2010-2022, while the White population there has declined from 72,364 to 70,094 -- still a large White majority (and most of them conservative), but one that's shrinking. And in state-wide races, Dems' prospects have been picking up in Fayette County, as in other metro Atlanta counties.
Racial demographics aren't everything, as we know, but again -- in a state where picking up a few votes here and there in a lot of different counties matters, Fayette is becoming one of the counties that can make the difference for Biden in November 2024.
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