Georgia Senate Race 2014

According to the ABC News' '14 for '14 story, a Republican primary can lead an opening for Democrat Michelle Nunn against her candidate Republican David Perdue. With Georgia being a red state Democrats are fighting hard to obtain the seat in the Senate from retiring Senator Saxby Chambliss.

David and Michelle have both taken different approaches to the race giving them both advantages and disadvantages. David Perdue began the race going against opponent Republican Jack Kingston. They both dispersed negative ads about each other all over the media. Jack Kingston came at David Perdue with all the negatives such as job loss but David still managed to become the winner in the public opinion. Michelle Nunn has several advantages seeing as she is the daughter of former Senator Sam Nunn and she is able to raise a lot of money through her connections such as EMILY's list. But some voters still see her as being "lightweight, "too liberal", and "not a real Georgian."

Over the past week there was a shift in poll percentage. David Perdue has taken a three point lead over Michelle Nunn, giving him a 48% and her a 45%. Just last week Michelle was on the lead with a two point lead, giving her 46% and him 44%. Perdue had trailed by 13 points with women, but this recent poll shows the number is now at 2. David is also ahead of Michelle with voters who said they already returned a ballot by 10 points. Even though David is ahed of michelle, she's not tailing by that much. The Georgia race is one of the special Democrat opportunities to get a Senate seat.

Michelle may have one thing that can help her secure a seat in the Senate. Due to the latest racial prejudice issue with Michael Brown, the South has been in an up roar. The Democratic campaigns in the South are now towards racism, and a way for the problem to be diminished. The minority community in the South are looking towards people who will benefit them in this issue of racial prejudice. If Michelle can use the issue of racism, she may be able to secure the Black vote if they feel like someone is out there to help them. The Democratic Party is mixing racism with behind the theme of having a black president to "protect the legacy of the first African American president." Michelle has to strongly stand behind this if she really wants to try to secure the minority vote.

Georgia is a close race this year with a Republican and a Democratic candidate neck to neck. It's all in the hands of the public opinion and a definite answer won't be known until November 4, 2014. Until that day, polls will continue to change as people see the candidates for who they really are.

• http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/abc-news-14-14-2014-midterm-election-races/story?id=21659968
• http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/28/david-perdue-up-three-in-georgia-senate-race-poll/
• http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/30/us/politics/from-democrats-election-focus-on-racial-scars.html?_r=0