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In Georgia, Stacey Abrams founded a new state
Two years ago she lost to the Republican rival for the role of governor, after he exercised his authority and tapped black voters.
Since then, it has garnered masses of new voters, representing the face of the conservative stronghold that went with a Democratic candidate - for the first time since 1992.
Next battle - the majority in the Senate.
"Let's do it again"
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Monday, 16 November 2020, 19:58
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After Joe Biden was announced as the next president of the United States, thousands celebrated outside the White House.
At one point, part of the group broke out in chants, neither for Biden nor for Republican President Donald Trump.
"Stacey Abrams," protesters shouted the name of the woman who won credit for the Democrats' historic success in conservative Georgia.
Abrams, 46, is a lawyer, entrepreneur, writer and politician.
She became one of the leading figures in the ranks of the Democratic Party after losing a close race to the Georgia governors in 2018, by a margin of only 55,000 votes.
She is now being praised by Democrats, academics, voters and activists across the country for her contribution to Biden's victory - the last time Georgia voted for a Democratic presidential candidate was Bill Clinton in 1992.
"We saw what can be achieved with hard work and together," Abrams said in a video she posted after Biden's victory.
"We know we can win in Georgia. Now let's do it, again."
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A political revolution in a conservative country.
Stacey Abrams (Photo: Reuters)
Experts say Abrams' efforts over the years to cast voters and take legal action against the oppression of community and activist groups have led to a democratic revolution.
In addition, the profound changes in the demographics of the former agricultural state also contributed to this.
It has grown by more than 30% since 2000, with the arrival of new residents outside the country, including liberal and minority white voters.
"Stacey Abrams has turned the registration of minorities into her business," explained Andre Gillespie, a professor of political science at Emory University.
"She went out and registered thousands of people to vote and then created tools to remind them of the election process."
Georgia's 16 electors are not the prize together.
The race for state seats in the Senate will go to the second round in January, and according to Abrams, the Democrats are going to pour a lot of resources.
If they succeed in winning both Republican seats, Democrats will control the entire Congress as well as the White House, and thus be able to advance a far-reaching agenda ranging from economic inequality to climate change in the world's largest economy.
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The new American majority
Abrams' race for governor shed light on the repression of votes, after she sued her rival, Republican Brian Camp, who was also the secretary of state in charge of the election.
She accused him of erasing voters, closing polls, malfunctions in voting equipment and ballot envelopes to hurt Democrats, who are pro-Democrats.
Her efforts began years earlier.
She was one of the founders of the New Georgia Initiative in 2014, a year after the Supreme Court emptied the Voting Rights Act of the way, repealing security measures and reducing federal oversight of states.
The venture identified the "new American majority - minorities, ages 18 to 19 and unmarried women" as Georgia's developer.
A spokesman for the venture said half a million residents in the country had registered as voters since 2014.
"The younger generation is becoming more diverse and more politically involved" (Photo: Reuters)
After the 2018 election, Abrams and her campaign manager Lauren Groch-Vergo launched the group into a struggle to suppress "fair fight" votes.
It not only sued its opponent, but also worked to promote voter rights in more than 12 other states in the United States.
Abrams' team recognized the need to dig into Georgia's black voter pool, which makes up 33% of the electorate - the largest rate in all key states.
However, Democrats were also required to reach about 1.7 million new voters, including young people and those who have recently moved to the state.
These are likely to vote for Democrats rather than Republicans in a double ratio.
The turnout in Georgia was about 75%, thanks to an early black vote, more than 40% than in 2016.
"We are going through a political revolution at the moment," said James Stevens, an 18-year-old high school student from Roswell.
"The younger generation is becoming more diverse and more politically involved. We must keep the state blue in order to bring about change not only in it, but in all states," of the United States.
No longer an outdated and partisan country
Georgia's racist heritage is so deep that it is even home to the largest monument in the United States to Southern Army commanders in the Civil War. However, the largest city in the state, Atlanta, is a growing center of black culture, activism and economic prosperity that has brought residents from diverse backgrounds from all over the state, and overseas.
Atlanta is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States in the decade since the Great Depression. Since the last election, the provinces of Fulton, Gwyneth and Cobb have expanded and become more educated. The number of white voters is small, and one in three residents voted for Biden.
Camel Harris visited Gwyneth province before the election, and her rally was a mirror image of the change: Among those in the diverse audience was a T-shirt with the caption "Unapologetic Muslim voter", Jamaican flags, traditional black clothing and a mask with a caption identified with South Asian Americans.
Residents in this area of Georgia who voted for Biden spoke less about it, but more about the change the state has undergone. "It means Georgia has stopped holding on to outdated and divisive values and has become more welcoming to everyone," said Ella Baxter, a 19-year-old student at the University of Georgia.
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