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The Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and Fair Housing Act of 1968 were all passed during this time, and Democratic support for racial justice attracted even more Black voters.
In many ways, it was the culmination of years of pavement-stomping work by Democratic activists who sought to register thousands of disenfranchised Black voters across Georgia and incentivize ...
OPINION: Understanding what went wrong with Stacey Abrams’ second attempt to govern the Peach State requires a discussion of the myths about Black male voters, a Democratic Georgia and elections ...
Following continuing violence around elections as insurgents worked to suppress black voting, the Democratic-dominated Southern states passed legislation to create barriers to voter registrations by blacks and poor whites, starting with the Georgia poll tax in 1877. Other measures followed, particularly near the end of the century, after a ...
Black voters made up 29% of the electorate, and Latinos made up about 7%, a significant increase compared to previous years. Biden performed well across the board; he won independent voters by 9 points, and was able to pick up 6% of Republican voters in the state. Biden also won young voters in Georgia, sweeping each age group under 50 years old.
Data from the Georgia Secretary of State indicates that nearly half of all active voters in the 2nd Congressional District, which covers much of southwestern Georgia, are Black. And more Black registered voters there turned out in 2020 than in 2016, according to an analysis of state data. Holley has been rallying a small group of residents ...
“If Black turnout instead went up by 1.9 percentage points (like white turnout did) that would mean 103,000 additional Black vote Democrats' Georgia losses has link to Black voters staying home ...
Black Voters Matter participated in voter outreach during the 2017 special election that resulted in Doug Jones' election to the United States Senate from Alabama.Jones was the first Democrat to fill the seat since 1992, [2] and Black voter turnout was especially notable in the election, with 98% of Black women casting votes for Jones.