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Super Tuesday State Profile: Georgia

Democratic Primary Analysis:
It is widely expected that Barack Obama will win a landslide victory in Georgia in the same mould as his South Carolina victory. In a state where roughly one in three people is black this is an important stronghold which Obama is banking on winning.

The delegates in Georgia are allocated winner-takes-all by district, with 10 delegates for the candidate who gets the most votes statewide plus a further 20 bonus delegates. As with California, it will be important to look at the finer points of the result here in which Obama's margin of victory is the important point.

Republican Primary Analysis:
Mike Huckabee has a strong lead in a number of polls and is the [1.12] favourite on Betfair at the time of writing. Georgia, a strong Christian southern state, should be Huckabee's bread-and-butter. 85% of Georgians declare themselves 'Christian', with 39% 'Baptist'. Of the remaining 15% all but 2% declare themselves 'non-religious', and so if Huckabee is going to win any state in the Union, Georgia is it.

Important information

- Timezone: GMT -5

- Polls open: 11AM GMT

- Polls close: 11PM GMT

- Abbreviation: GA

- Delegates at stake: 104

Demographics

- White: 65.8%

- Black: 29.9%

- Other: 4.3%

Political history

- Senators: Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson (both Republican)

- Governor: Sonny Perdue (Republican)

- 2004 voted for: Bush

- Electoral College votes: 15

Other stats

- Population: 9.4 million

- State nickname: Peach State

- State capital: Atlanta

- Most famous offspring: Ray Charles, Martin Luther King Jr, Otis Redding, Burt Reynolds, Dean Rusk

- Strange fact: It is illegal to carry an ice cream cone in your back pocket on a Sunday

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