To have a shot in Georgia--where Democrats run up big numbers in Atlanta and Republicans rule the suburbs--Gore must carry swing areas such as the 8th District.

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However, Professors Lin Jiang and Marie Thursby from Georgia Tech and Justin Tan from York University discovered that there are some exceptions to this rule, and some incumbents do manage to be inventors during the stage of technological dirsruption.

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