The Republican Party delegates who gathered in Athens for their annual state convention heard a cautionary message from Gov. Nathan Deal about the future of the GOP. Deal tried to warn party activists that the same demographic trends that helped re-elect Barack Obama as president last year are also reshaping the electorate in this conservative state. "Demographics are shifting in Georgia," Deal said, citing the fact that in the state’s public schools, 56 percent of the enrollment is now made up of nonwhite students.