A Sprawling County News Today

Dascha was in delaware county sort of the bush/romney republican party, we go to chattooga, georgia, an example that is the heart and soul of the trump republican party. marjorie taylor greens district is where this county lies. tell us a little bit about chattooga. >> chattooga county, georgia is one of the poorest counties in northwest georgia. this is a place where theyve seen a lot of jobs leave over the years. a lot of jobs tied to the textile industry that are no longer here. this is a pla...

The influx of people coming in to take these jobs. >> thank you. let me move to antonia hilton in anson, north carolina. the question as i discussed, why are woo he in anson? a lot of times, what is more important in our political divide? particularly with african-americans. is it race? or is it geography? this is a home to many rural african-americans. >> thats right, chuck. look, this is a county, actually a rural county with a lot of contradictions here particularly when you look at whats hap...

That was a republican stronghold for so long and in 2018 democrats won it at a state wide level and 2020 president biden flipped it. you talk to voters here and there is big resistance to aligning themselves with any party here. people say they dont want to be a democrat or republican. they like the idea of independence and a sense that you get there is despite democrats winning recently at the statewide elections if you look at local politics, the mayor, the city council are both controlled by ...

Saying they will turn out are social issues particularly abortion. this is an evangelical community. almost everyone here identifies as baptist or evangelical and abortion is the driving issue, the biggest issue for them. >> and well have a lot of action in the courts on that issue throughout this supreme court term, which will be very interesting to see the impact it has in chattooga county, georgia. we close with duval and, again, sort of the sneaky swing county here in america, a sprawling co...

From democrats in this county, chuck. >> i have heard this demoralization issue among democratic based voters. whether focus groups, campaigns, or family gatherings. thank you all for getting us started. a great way to kick off our county-to-county project. these five great reporters will show case from these key counties all week long and across the next 12 month across all of the platforms of nbc news. follow them on all of the different social media platforms we have. you can keep up withway ...

Dont see jobs. they dont see opportunity. many are fleeing the county. when you talk to older black voters they are also worried about the next generation coming up behind them. >> a terrific introduction to why were in anson county and again this is something weve seen particularly in quite a few rural african-american counties throughout the south. antonia, thank you. let me move over to the other side of things. dasha burns is if delaware county, ohio. this is the lightest red of the three re...