Add It Up - Party on the vine
A look at the numbers
The number of percentage points by which Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue leads Democrat Mark Taylor in the latest Strategic Vision: 14
The advantage in money of the Perdue campaign over the Mark Taylor campaign: $5,375,242
The Georgia Republican Party's net balance as of Sept. 30: $5,045,273
The Democratic Party of Georgia's net balance as of Sept. 30: $519,489
The amount of money remaining in Mark Taylor's war chest as of Sept. 30: $1,178,444
The number of Republican governors since the end of the Civil War: 3
Before Perdue, the last year a Republican was governor of Georgia: 1872
The number of years Democrats held power in the Georgia Legislature until Perdue was elected: 130
The number of Georgia Republicans now serving in the U.S. Congress: 7
The number of Georgia Republicans who were serving in the U.S. Congress in 1991: 1
Percentage of Georgia votes received by President George W. Bush in 2004: 58
Percentage of Georgia votes received by President Ronald Reagan in 1984: 60
Percentage of Georgia votes received by Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election: 43
Sources: Strategic Vision, the Georgia Ethics Commission, Wikipedia, NBC News/Wall Street Journal, the Georgia Department of Agriculture