I concur...it was done to motivate the dem base, but the result was to hyper-motivate the conservatives who may not have completely been onboard with Nathan Deal or David Perdue but would not abide a Nunn or Carter win!
Southern Democrats have reached the point of declining returns — they can’t reap any more identity voting among minorities and yankees without sewing even more of it for Republicans among whites.
And, even the pandering to minorities is hitting a wall. Democrats offer zero — less than zero, when you think about it — to a black man with a job supporting his family. A few more Tim Scotts and we’ll have the African American Democrat vote trending down from the 90s to the 70s while the vote stays solid in the 60s and 70s. That’s unbeatable.