Georgia Primary: Will Protest Energy Shift To Voting Booth?

President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, won’t face each other directly in Tuesday’s presidential primaries, but voting in Georgia and West Virginia gives both campaigns an opportunity to prove they can assemble coalitions strong enough to win in November.

The primary contests follow a week of massive protests against police brutality that energized the African American community and its white allies. It’s an open question, however, whether the energy on the streets will translate into energy in the voting booth.

Biden, in particular, is focused on maximizing black turnout and expanding his alliance with white suburbanites and city dwellers, young voters, Asian Americans and Latinos. Trump hopes to demonstrate strength among his base of white voters in small towns while holding his own in metro areas.