b'Bidens 2020 Presidential Election:What Factors Predict the Vote for Bidenin the 2020 Election Across the Counties of Georgia?Maddison R. SchillingerSponsor: Dr. LaPlantThe purpose of this quantitative study is to examine what factors predicted the way citizens in the 159 counties of Georgia casted their 2020 presidential vote. A number of these factors are distinctive to the 2020 election specifically, but the analyzed variables generated an ample amount of evidence that can explain Bidens successful outcome. There are seven independent variables that are examined in relation to the dependent variable, the percent of African American population, the percent of mail-in votes, the percent college educated, the percent of the population that voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, the confirmed Covid-19 cases per capita, the population of each county, and poverty rates. The impact of these variables are measured with correlation analysis, scatterplot analysis, variance analysis, and multivariate regression analysis. Four variables were found to be statistically significant with the first three listed being highly significant: percentage of African American population, percentage of college educated, population, and the percent of mail-in ballots. The confirmed Covid-19 cases and poverty rate correlated directly with the Biden vote, but the two variables were not statistically significant in the multivariate regression model. The 2016 Hillary Clinton vote, however, is found to be a powerful predictor of the 2020 vote for Biden. Throughout the research the regional differences in voting outcome are provided, as well as the consistency of these differences. The Warnock Runoff Senate Victory:What Factors Predicted the Victory of Democrat Raphael Warnock in the 2021 Georgia Senate Runoff Election?Cassandra G. DoscherSponsor: Dr. LaPlantThe purpose of this quantitative study is to examine the factors that lead Georgia, a previously red state, to elect an African American Democrat into the U.S Senate across all 159 of the Georgia counties. The U.S. Senate runoff race was between Kelly Loeffler and Rafael Warnock. Many changes have come to Georgia with the boom of Atlanta and the campaign of Stacey Abrams, who used her voice to help many African Americans and other people of color registered to vote. This study will cover the impact of the Biden presidential vote on the U.S. Senate Runoff vote. This study analyzes six independent variables: percentage African American, percentage of the population with a college degree, population density, per capita income, percentage of the population who voted for Biden, and percentage of the population over 65. The impact of these independent variables on the percentage of the population who voted for Warnock was measured using correlation analysis, scatterplot analysis, and multivariate regression analysis. Three variables were found to be statistically significant in the multivariate analysis: percentage of the population with a college degree, per capita income, and percentage African American. These findings lead to a conclusion that the more educated one is and if they are African American, they were more likely to vote for Warnock than Kelly Loeffler. However, if they made more money, they were more likely to not vote for Warnock and vote for Loeffler. The results of this study show that Georgia is changing from a previously red and dominant Republican state to a more moderate blue Democrat state. 54'