Georgia activists expect the incoming administration to address long-running economic concerns among Black voters in January, The Guardian reported, after Black voters helped Democrats gain ground in the midterms.
In Stonecrest, a middle-class city near Atlanta, turnout was about 60%, and Democrats received roughly 90% of votes cast, election figures cited by The Guardian showed. The newspaper characterized Stonecrest as a community that Georgia’s Republican leadership has rarely prioritized.
The Guardian connected the concerns to the distribution of state-directed economic development. Investment and job growth have gone mainly to north Georgia and rural south Georgia, the report said, bringing jobs and political attention to white Republican voters in those areas. The newspaper also said Georgia offers the nation’s worst wealth prospects for a Black child born into poverty.
The report placed the current expectations within a longer history of organizing. It described two decades of activism and several election cycles that did not deliver the changes advocates sought. Community organizations, including groups led by Black women, built relationships over time, The Guardian reported.
EconoTimes previously covered the Democrats’ midterm wins in Congress and key state races, a wider political backdrop to the activists’ expectations.
The Guardian also reported that Georgia governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms held a September fundraiser at Privi, a suburban Atlanta event center and retreat. The gathering drew scant public notice, according to the newspaper.
Activists expect the incoming government to respond in January; The Guardian identified no specific vote date.
