‘If black men vote for me, I’ll win Georgia’ - Stacey Abrams

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Stacey Abrams: 'If Black men vote for me, I will win Georgia'

Former Georgia House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams is confident that if one elusive voting bloc overwhelmingly votes for her in Georgia’s gubernatorial election in November, she will win.

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“If Black men vote for me, I will win Georgia,” Abrams said last Sunday during a campaign event titled “Stacey and the Fellas” at Forks & Flavors, a Black-owned eatery in Cobb County.

The most recent Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll from late last month shows that Abrams, the Democratic nominee, has significant ground to make up among Black voters, particularly Black men. Her opponent, incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, currently holds a 5-point lead over her, with key metrics indicating that Abrams has 90% of the Black female vote but just 80% of the Black male vote, with another 10% still undecided. While Republicans typically garner about 10% of the Black vote, experts say Democratic politicians cannot afford to slip far below 90% of the Black vote overall and still expect to win.

In this second run, Abrams is committed to doing things differently under her vision of “One Georgia,” which seeks to reach the state’s diverse electorate where they’re at, both physically and ideologically. At Sunday’s event, more than 100 Black men of varying ages and political beliefs packed inside the restaurant to hear Abrams’s plan for Georgia. There were men with gold-plaid suits and others with feather-embossed fedoras and some decked out in a wide range of historically Black fraternity apparel, all eager to listen and ask questions about how she sought to build a safer, more equitable Peach State.

Abrams noted that she’s keen on interacting with people who agree with her, and just as enthused to connect with those who don’t. Her 11 years of experience working across the aisle in Georgia’s Republican-dominated Statehouse has helped to make that possible.

“My job is to deliver for people,” she said. “When I was a minority leader, it was in my title. I was going to lose unless I could work with people who didn’t share my ideology, who didn’t share my partisanship. My responsibility was to say that it’s about what people want, not what politics wants. People don’t care about your party. They care about their lives.”

From another event

Why Stacey Abrams Met With Black Men in Downtown Atlanta

The gubernatorial candidate hosted an invite-only discussion at Cam Newton’s Fellaship to talk about her platform.

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Back in 2018, Abrams fell roughly 17,000 votes short of forcing a runoff with Gov. Brian Kemp. Black voter turnout is up, according to early voting primary data, which means Black men could tip the scales in Abrams’ favor come November.

One of those men could be West End resident Trey Stanley, 27, an Abrams supporter who wanted to get a better idea of who she is as a person.

“I just want to know that she’s a human, know more about her, know what she plans on doing when, I believe, she gets the governor’s seat,” Stanley said before Abrams addressed the crowd.

During the event, Abrams spent about an hour answering questions and explaining her position on a range of issues affecting Black men in Georgia, including the economy, entrepreneurship, Medicaid expansion, affordable housing, and reducing gun violence.

Justin Matthews, a graduate student at Georgia Tech, had concerns about creating better economic opportunities for underprivileged men in Black communities across the state.

“A lot of young Black men turn to different things in their community because they don’t think there’s a lot of opportunity for them to actually grow and be successful outside of college,” Matthews said. “We need people that actually can speak for those in the trenches, for what they need in these communities.”

As for the message behind the event,Abrams for Governor campaign press secretary Jaylen Black said Black men are an important component of her candidate’s vision for “one Georgia.”

“Stacey values creating space for Black men to express their unique concerns and sharing her comprehensive plans that will ensure that Black men in Georgia have the opportunity to thrive,” Black said.

Abrams and Kemp were tied in the latest Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday. It’s a race voters like Chris Weekes will continue to watch closely. The Decatur resident and teacher said he was encouraged to hear about Abrams’ proposal to give raises to K-12 educators throughout the state.

“It sounds great,” he said. “I would love to see it in action.”

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

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[RaspberryFitted]

If she loses then it’s our fault

 

[EBK String]

Black men vote for Democrats at a higher rate then any other group of men, but if she loses they will say it is our fault. How about it cac men or latino men vote for her she will win? I'm tires of us having to be the mules for all type of agendas then all of our needs being invisible.

 

[DaKidFromNoWhere]

Already making an excuse in case she lose

 

[SunnyD]

Folks need to stop talking about black men and start talking to them. It’s obvious that a lot of black men feel that black women are the new black men. It’s something that needs to change and it needs to be genuine.

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

Folks need to stop talking about black men and start talking to them. It’s obvious that a lot of black men feel that black women are the new black men. It’s something that needs to change and it needs to be genuine.

Nah, I mean - how can they dehumanize us if they engage us?

 

[skylove4]

100% percent of black men and women need to vote for her in GA. There’s literally zero reason why this shouldn’t happen

 

[Georgiamuscle]

Like clockwork, them internal poll numbers ain’t looking too good so she’s looking for a fall guy/group

She gotta get bw up in arms to press black men into voting even though we overwhelmingly vote Dem already

 

[SunnyD]

Nah, I mean - how can they dehumanize us if they engage us?

Your right I won’t argue your point.

 

[Pressure]

Seems like she's engaging black men. Why nikkas in here mad?

 

[Ahadi]

She needs to sit in a barbershop & talk to black men

 

[Top Left]

 

[Cornershooter]

Like clockwork, them internal poll numbers ain’t looking too good so she’s looking for a fall guy/group

She gotta get bw up in arms to press black men into voting even though we overwhelmingly vote Dem already

They always playing some weird chess game where they utilize shaming cause we apparently can’t think for ourselves and they need to save us . They better recognize most brothas not going for it and they should just put respect on our name . It’ll get them further

 

[skylove4]

Folks need to stop talking about black men and start talking to them. It’s obvious that a lot of black men feel that black women are the new black men. It’s something that needs to change and it needs to be genuine.

Nah. Not when it comes to politics. We need to straighten up.There hasn’t been a group of people more negatively affected by “conservative”politics and ideals than us as black men in the history of this nation. Nobody needs to talk to us to tell us not to vote for the folks who would be the Klan today.