One severely under-discussed dynamic about the Georgia Senate race is that Ossoff has 0 Southern vibes. Like, at all. The guy looks, talks, and acts 100% like a wealthy New Englander. Meanwhile Collins, in terms of aesthetics, is about as stereotypically Georgian as you can get. And that stuff DOES matter in politics, Oz vs. Fetterman is a great example of this. I’d still consider Ossoff the favorite, but I don’t think libs who glaze him are grasping how his appeal to the state outside of Atlanta is totally nonexistent. And this is why it WILL be a close race. Candidates like John Fetterman and Mark Kelly who won by fairly comfortable margins didn’t just improve in the suburbs and urban cores, they put up solid performances in virtually every part of their state. Ossoff and his brand of secular, elitist politics are simply not capable of doing the same in a Bible Belt state. Atlanta may not be the place it once was, but outside of that Georgia is still as Georgia as it’s ever been.