Here's a story for all election junkies. Long County, GA has a fascinating electoral history. It appears to have swung a couple points towards Biden this election. I'll explain why this is significant. (THREAD) 1/ #GApolitics

Historically, it was not much different than other postbellum counties in the rural south. Democratic nominee John Davis carried it 96-4 in 1924. In 1928 later however, it voted 71-29 for Republican Herbert Hoover, because Democratic nominee Al Smith was catholic. 2/

This anti-catholic sentiment reared its head again in 1960, when it went from supporting Democrat Adlai Stevenson 81-19 to supporting Republican Richard Nixon 76-24. This time though, every county around it by strong margins, making it stick out. 3/

It wasn't until 2004 that a major party would nominate a catholic again (Kerry). Long went from supporting Bush 57-42 in 2000 to 66-34 in 2004. However, other counties in the region were seeing similar swings, as Georgia's Republican lean was beginning to set in. 4/

Now come 2020, when Catholic Joe Biden is the Democratic nominee. Assuming these results hold, which seems likely, Long County went from 64-33 Trump to 62-36 Trump, a slight improvement for Biden,and seemingly breaking Long's anti-catholic electoral streak. 5/5