Donald Trump has found Georgia to be a highly favorable state, often describing it as “just peachy.”
The hearing to decide whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be disqualified from trying the case against former president Donald Trump for his alleged involvement in overturning Georgia’s 2020 election results has been scheduled by a Georgia appeals court for Tuesday. However, the hearing is now set to take place just a month before the 2024 election, making it almost certain that Willis’s case against Trump will not go to trial before Americans cast their votes.
It is ironic that there was a general belief that Willis’s case had a higher chance of convicting Trump compared to Alvin Bragg’s case, which was considered weak. However, Bragg can now confidently declare that Trump has been found guilty on 34 charges, while the outcomes of Willis’s case and other cases presented by Special Counsel Jack Smith are still pending in front of judges.
In addition, it seems that Georgia is edging towards a victory for Trump. A recent poll conducted by Quinnipiac University revealed that Trump is ahead of President Joe Biden with a 49 percent to 45 percent lead. Interestingly, this is occurring even though half of the voters in Georgia agreed with the verdict in New York, with 52 percent of independents also in agreement.
According to the poll, voters were also asked about the Fulton County case and the results showed that 41 percent of them think that Trump committed an illegal act, while 35 percent believe that he did not do anything wrong. Interestingly, 43 percent of independent voters believed that Trump did something illegal in the case, while 29 percent thought that he did something wrong.
Despite this, independent voters in Georgia are equally divided between Trump and Biden. Furthermore, Biden’s approval rating in the state is quite low, with only 36 percent of voters approving of him while 60 percent disapprove. These figures are consistent with many other polls that show Biden trailing behind Trump across the country and in other crucial swing states. Despite these numbers, Biden’s team has surprisingly remained optimistic or even confrontational when faced with negative poll results.
In contrast, Senator Raphael Warnock, a Democrat, garners approval from 48 percent of voters, while fellow liberal Senator Jon Ossoff earns approval from 47 percent of voters. Both senators secured their Senate seats after Joe Biden became the first Democrat to win Georgia since Bill Clinton in 1992.
Biden’s lag behind Trump in Georgia can be attributed to the issues that voters are placing a higher priority on. According to a recent survey, 29 percent of voters in Georgia deem the economy as the most crucial factor in their decision-making process. Despite the job market being in a good state, wages are surpassing inflation rates, and inflation seems to have stabilized, 44 percent of voters still perceive the economy as poor.
According to recent statistics, preserving democracy is the deciding factor for 23 percent of voters. Although one might assume that this favors Biden, given Trump’s attempts to overturn the election results in Georgia, the numbers show that 49 percent of voters trust Trump while 46 percent trust Biden.
At present, immigration is the top priority for 14% of voters, while a significant majority of 56% of voters have shown trust in Trump.
Although Democrats have focused their campaign on abortion rights, a recent survey shows that only six percent of voters consider it to be the most important issue to them. Despite this, 47 percent of voters trust Biden more on this issue compared to his opponent.
It’s highly likely that the current president places a lot of importance on delivering a stellar performance in Atlanta later this month, given recent events. Interestingly, Trump appears to be gaining ground in Georgia just one year after his infamous mugshot was taken in the state.