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ATLANTA (AP) -- Flooding the polls in what looked to be record numbers, Georgia voters backed President Bush and chose Republican Johnny Isakson to replace maverick Democratic Sen. Zell Miller.
- PRESIDENT GETS BETTER WITH AGE: The older Georgia voters were, the stronger their support was for Bush. The president solidly carried every age group over 30, and narrowly lost to Democrat John Kerry among 18- to 29-year-olds. His strongest support was among voters over 60, who opted for him over Kerry by an almost 2-to-1 margin. The findings were nearly identical in the Senate race, where Democrat Denise Majette barely won among voters of 18 to 29 years of age but lost to Republican Johnny Isakson in every other age group, especially among seniors.
-- POLITICS IN BLACK AND WHITE: Georgia saw a major racial divide in the elections for president and senator, but black and white voters were lockstep in their support for the constitutional ban on same-sex marriages. The vast majority of white voters supported Bush and Isakson, while an even stronger majority of blacks opted for Kerry and Majette. More than three quarters of all black voters backed the amendment, slightly higher than the percentage of white voters who favored it. More than half of white voters said they were Republicans, while almost three-quarters of black voters said they were Democrats.
- PRESIDENT GETS BETTER WITH AGE: The older Georgia voters were, the stronger their support was for Bush. The president solidly carried every age group over 30, and narrowly lost to Democrat John Kerry among 18- to 29-year-olds. His strongest support was among voters over 60, who opted for him over Kerry by an almost 2-to-1 margin. The findings were nearly identical in the Senate race, where Democrat Denise Majette barely won among voters of 18 to 29 years of age but lost to Republican Johnny Isakson in every other age group, especially among seniors.
-- POLITICS IN BLACK AND WHITE: Georgia saw a major racial divide in the elections for president and senator, but black and white voters were lockstep in their support for the constitutional ban on same-sex marriages. The vast majority of white voters supported Bush and Isakson, while an even stronger majority of blacks opted for Kerry and Majette. More than three quarters of all black voters backed the amendment, slightly higher than the percentage of white voters who favored it. More than half of white voters said they were Republicans, while almost three-quarters of black voters said they were Democrats.
