S6 Ep41: Greg Bluestein: Georgia's Root Canal Primary

About this episode

Greg Bluestein discusses the dynamics of Georgia's primaries and voter sentiments ahead of the elections.

Georgia's primaries for Governor and U.S. Senate have LOTS of things for political nerds (like you, dear listener) to chew on. But the Republican and Democratic voters we talked to felt pretty sick of politics. Some of what we learned: How Republicans feel about their chances against Jon Ossoff in the fall (not good) Why a Trump-like billionaire is overshadowing Trump's endorsed candidate for governor Whether Democratic voters will tolerate a former Republican Lieutenant Governor running as a Democrat The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Greg Bluestein joins the show. By Greg Bluestein: Politically Georgia Podcast Flipped: How Georgia Turned Purple and Broke the Monopoly on Republican Power

People in this episode

Guest: Greg Bluestein

Topics covered

• Georgia primaries
• political analysis
• Republican candidates
• Democratic candidates
• voter sentiment

Keywords

• Georgia primaries
• politics
• Republicans
• Democrats
• Jon Ossoff
• Trump
• voter sentiment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Books & works: Politically Georgia Podcast, Flipped: How Georgia Turned Purple and Broke the Monopoly on Republican Power

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