Donald Trump on Tuesday beat out Hillary Clinton in Georgia, a state the GOP feared would swing Democrat after decades of picking a Republican presidential candidate.
Trump had been leading Clinton by an average of four points in the week leading up to election day, according to RealClear Politics, a poll aggregator. But in some polls, Trump led by just a point or two. Associated Press called the election shortly after 11:30 p.m.
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Trump’s advantage in Georgia was far slimmer than past GOP nominees. Mitt Romney won the state by eight points and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., won it by six points.
But a growing base of minority voters and Trump’s outsider candidacy appeared to put the state in play, and Trump’s margin of victory is likely to give the Democratic Party hope that it can someday support a Democratic presidential candidate.
Georgia last picked a Democratic presidential candidate in 1992, when Bill Clinton won the state. But an increase in the state’s black population could help the party win more races.
