A new poll from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows that both parties' presumptive nominees -- Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump -- are neck and neck. Trump has just a 4-point lead over Clinton.

Neither candidate has particularly high favorability among the opposing party, giving the state's independents -- who usually lean right -- more power going into the general election.

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Part of the reason that Georgia might become more purple: the growing minority population. Eighty-one percent of Georgia's population growth in the past decade is due to an increase in the minority population.

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Nationwide, minorities tend to vote Democratic, and the new poll results suggest that a surge of Democratic support from minorities is one of the factors turning the traditionally red state more blue.

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