The South’s Next Wave of Voter Mobilization Groups
The historic Democratic wins in the U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia this past January and the state’s flip to blue during the presidential election were attributed to decades of organizing efforts led by several groups to increase voter participation in the state. Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia state House minority leader and Democratic gubernatorial candidate who went on to found Fair Fight and other voting advocacy groups, has played a key role in that work.