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Trump leads candidates in Pants On Fire ratings

Feb 29, 2016

Georgia voters go to the polls Tuesday as part of the Super Tuesday presidential primary.

PolitiFact and PolitiFact Georgia has been keeping tabs on the candidates for more than a year. Find out how Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders fared when faced with the Truth-O-Meter.

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The job performance approval rating for President Donald Trump is 84% among likely Republican voters, while the disapproval rating among likely Democratic voters is 94%, according to October AJC polls. (Illustration: Philip Robibero / AJC | Source: Getty)

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AJC poll: Republican support for Trump remains strong in Georgia

The AJC's poll results are a reminder that even though Trump’s name won’t appear on the ballot in next year’s midterms, his influence shapes Georgia’s political landscape.

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Georgia isn’t redrawing districts despite Trump’s push. At least for now.

Georgia's Republican leaders say they will wait until the U.S. Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act ruling before deciding whether to redraw congressional maps.

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1 in 8 Georgians get SNAP benefits. They’ll lose them Saturday.

The latest county-level data shows more than 705,000 households across Georgia rely on the benefits each month.

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Lawyer Bryan Sells points at the Democrats’ proposed redistricting map during the second day of a Reapportionment and Redistricting Committee hearing at the Georgia State Capitol. (Miguel Martinez/AJC 2023)

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Georgia isn’t redrawing districts despite Trump’s push. At least for now.

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Despite a $14.6 billion surplus, state leaders say they can’t bail out SNAP

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1 in 8 Georgians get SNAP benefits. They’ll lose them Saturday.

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The renovation of Jekyll Island's Great Dunes golf course includes nine holes designed by Walter Travis in the 1920s for the members of the Jekyll Island Club. Several holes that were part of the original layout where located along the beach and were bulldozed in the 1950s.(Photo by Austin Kaseman)

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Gilded Age tycoons built Jekyll’s doomed golf course. It’s been resurrected.

Jekyll Island's historic golf course, Great Dunes, was designed by Walter Travis in the Gilded Age. It reopens Nov. 1 on Georgia's coast after a painstaking restoration.

Embattled Fulton judge sued over woman’s ‘illegal’ jailing

While facing possible removal from the bench, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shermela Williams has been sued by a young woman she jailed during a divorce hearing.

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A miserable loss leaves even less reason to believe in Falcons, Morris

Falcons coach Raheem Morris was accountable for the team's failures after a 34-10 loss to Miami, but that isn't enough if this team wants to make the postseason.