How Black Americans Transformed Georgia’s Political Landscape | FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast

Georgia’s closely watched races for governor and Senate have put the state back in the spotlight this year. In Part 2 of this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, politics reporter Alex Samuels and visual journalist Elena Mejía break down their reporting on how Black voters are changing the state’s political landscape.
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[@rolandserna7805]

I still think Georgia would be a red state if it wasn't for Trump. Johnny Isackson and Republicans downballot outperformed Trump in the Atlanta suburbs

[@SYLXM]

There is still an abnormally large demographic shift that is present in voter registration which favor Democrats. That is (somewhat) irregardless of Trump.

[@rolandserna7805]

@@SYLXM Standard generic Republicans like Mitt Romney can easily win Georgia by at least 5%. Republicans don't understand that running close to Trump isn't a winning strategy in that state. It's why Brian Kemp might win but Herschel Walker might not

[@grimaffiliations3671]

Shout out to black voters!

[@JuanRodriguez-rh4kp]

I live in ga. I am Hispanic and voting for the first time in the governor race. I am voting democrat.

[@VictorAntares]

Georgia a swing state. Still wild to me. Guess we'll see

[@FBI-ht4wy]

Stacy!!!!! Did you intentionally spread viruses to to kids?

[@luckydog7226]

I miss the part where they discussed Stacy as an election denier. Doesn’t this automatically disqualify her as a credible candidate?

[@muzzybeat]

How can you possibly show Stacey Abrams, a complete corporate sell-out, and talk about some heroic transformation on behalf of black voters? Her "Fair Fight voting rights group" took $5 MILLION (the largest single donation received by the organization) from Michael Bloomberg, the self-serving oligarch, and then defended him against many sexual harassment allegations. She's had numerous shady dealings in mixing private enterprise with public dealings; one example funneled many thousands to her sister. In 2011, she supported black voter suppression. You read that right. In 2011, she voted with Republicans to roll back the state’s 2008-era expansion of early voting, reducing it from forty-five to twenty-one days, something groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for American Progress had cited as examples of voter suppression at the time, and which the NAACP had warned would “disproportionately affect voters of color,” given that 60 percent of black voters in 2008 had cast their ballots in the early period. Even after her apparent conversion, Abrams’s penchant for collaborating with the opposition could send these goals crashing into a wall. In 2015, Republicans passed a redistricting plan that gerrymandered two GOP-held districts on the road to turning blue, funneling more white voters into them. Three Republican legislators behind it testified under oath that Abrams had given her nod to the changes. Abrams had either consciously helped Republicans disenfranchise voters of color, or she had been tricked into it. - jacobin.com/2020/07/stacey-abrams-democratic-party (socialist magazine)

[@jeddgangman4502]

Bloomberg is a billionaire not an oligarch if he was an oligarch he wouldn't have to spend his money to try and get what he wants. Looking from your profile picture you probably shouldn't be talking about what actually benefits black voters. And using Jacobin as a source is sad that stuff rots your brain.

[@muzzybeat]

@@jeddgangman4502 That's hilarious. If you're a billionaire, you're a ruler. A ruler is an oligarch. It is through spending money that ruling occurs. Your logic is non-existent. And your idea that only a black person can speak up in support of black people is as ignorant woke childish as it comes. You're clearly a poor judge of a good source. Bye.

[@SadCaesarGames]

Love you guys !!