b'Blue Clue: An Examination as to Why GeorgiaFlipped Democrat in the 2020 ElectionJacob A. AlwardSponsor: Dr James T. LaPlantThe state of Georgia has been a conservative stronghold for the past generation. However, with the rising population of young Democratic leaning professionals moving into the suburbs around Atlanta, the overall conservative power grab has been shaken to its core. This culminated in the 2020 elections. Not only did Georgia give its electoral votes to Joseph Biden, it also sent two senators to Congress from the Democratic Party. This research project analyzes the reasons as to why Georgia turned blue. In collaboration with data taken from multiple sources, this study investigates the following question: What factors caused Georgia to flip from a conservative stronghold to a liberal swing state in the 2020 election? This study explores if Georgia flipped because of demographic shifts that favor the youth, a president that demeaned Georgians and lied to them, campaigns that monopolized on that harmful rhetoric, and whether or not Georgia will likely be a swing state in the elections to come. The statistical tests will analyze the percentage of the vote by county for each candidate against factors such as income, population, age, education, how strongly each county voted for Trump in 2016, and whether or not the candidates visited the counties in question. ANOVA and OLS regression analysis will be utilized to analyze the election data.Agriculture in MediaMary Alex CarterSponsor: Dr. Mandi Bailey How are agricultural issues and policies portrayed in the media? There are many political topics that impact agriculture directly or indirectly such as tariffs, immigration, climate change, GMOs, and country of origin labeling. I analyzed how agriculture issues are portrayed to the public. I specifically focused on the state of Georgia, but it is assumed to be a generalization for all states which number one industry is agriculture. In order to gauge the attitudes towards agricultural issues, I used agenda setting and priming literature from sociology and political science experts. I found that agricultural issues are not portrayed often in the media which often makes them forgotten about. Of the 217 newspapers in Georgia, there were only 124 articles about agriculture between 2016 and 2018. It can be determined that there is not an abundance of negative articles, but the lack of agriculture articles is just as impactful.60'