Three vans leave the parking lot of a church about ten kilometers south of Atlanta, Georgia. On board, determined young black men, dressed in brightly colored T-shirts. They know their role. They dominate the arguments of their organization. The vehicles enter Fairburn, Fulton County, one of those suburban areas of elegant single-family developments where 75 percent of the population is black.
Georgia Stand-Up volunteers know which doors to knock on. On your phone, an app pinpoints which homes deserve your attention. They are looking for women, those capable of bringing the unregistered or demobilized to the polls, who can make a difference during the presidential elections on November 5 in this crucial and very uncertain state. Joe Biden only won by 12,000 votes in 2020.
Founded twenty years ago, the Georgia Stand-Up organization is nonpartisan. But the civic education it provides has one goal: to increase the progressive vote. “The new Republican Party, led by a group of rotten people, has declared a war against blacks and Hispanics.Estimates Horace Cooper, 75, tireless volunteer team leader, Vietnam veteran. Women are the driving force behind our response. » And Kamala Harris is counting on them.
New registrants in number
According to the Pew Research Center, blacks will represent 14% of American voters in November, but a third in Georgia. Since Joe Biden’s withdrawal on July 21, many states have seen a strong influx of new registrations on the lists, primarily among women and non-white youth. Singer Taylor Swift’s support for the Democratic candidate on September 11 had a resounding impact.
The polls are closed. But one fact becomes stronger month after month: the gender gapthe scissors between the vote of men and that of women. According to a recent NBC study, Donald Trump leads between 52% and 40% among the former, and Kamala Harris between 58% and 37% among the latter. A gap that is widening significantly compared to the 2016 and 2020 elections. In the event of a strong mobilization of female voters, who vote more than men, they could defeat the former president. It would be a kind of response to the insecurity imposed on them, with the end of abortion as a federal right, decided by the Supreme Court in 2022. Since then, the Democrats have triumphed in numerous local elections and referendums.
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