Georgia has renewed its energy as a battleground between Democrats and Republicans with the candidacy of the vice president Kamala Harriswho this week is touring by bus for two days in this state that gave the president victory in 2020 Joe Biden in front of the former president Donald Trump by less than 12,000 votes.
Jerry Gonzalezexecutive director of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials (GALEO), said to EFE that the Democrat “has generated great enthusiasm in the community” in Georgiaa state that contributes 16 electoral votes.
“We have seen a greater willingness to register to vote and also a greater interest in learning more about their history (that of Harris)”, said the director of GALEO.
Repeating the victory of the last elections, the objective
In 2020, Hispanics were part of the coalition of young and minority voters who turned the ‘Peach State’ blue (Democratic), something that had not happened since 1992, when Bill Clinton narrowly defeated the Republican George H.W. Bushand for that reason González believes that the vote of this community will once again be crucial.
“Surveys indicate that Georgia “It is a disputed state,” the activist emphasized about the elections on November 5 in which Harris will face the former president Trump.
“The polls are close and I believe that Latino voters in Georgia They have the keys to the White House (…). Our community is ready to play its very important role and go out to vote for the candidate who best reflects our values and interests,” he said. González.
The President Biden won four years ago Georgia with 49.47% versus 49.24% of the electoral votes of Trump: a margin of 0.23% and 11,779 votes.
With the nomination of Harris Georgia regained its status as a ‘swing state’ by giving energy to Democrats disenchanted with Bidenwhose popularity suffered a hard blow on June 27 after the debate he held with Trump in Atlanta and which led him to resign from re-election.
Two months after the face to face and one since the application of Harris The electoral landscape in Georgia is drastically different, according to polls, which show a virtual tie between the two candidates.
Kamala Harris’ coalition bus
Harris and her vice presidential candidate, the governor of Minnesota Tim Walzbegin this Wednesday a two-day bus tour through the south of Georgiain what will be the first campaign event following the Democratic National Convention held last week in Chicagowhich shows the importance of the state in these elections.
“Campaigning in this part of the Peach State is critical as it represents a diverse coalition of voters, including rural, suburban and urban voters, with a large proportion of Black voters and working-class families,” the campaign said in a statement.
The visit ends on Thursday in the city of Savannahwhere Harris He plans to participate in a rally, his campaign team announced in Georgia which claims to be running the “largest statewide operation” ever undertaken by a Democratic candidate in the state, where they have nearly 35,000 volunteers, a staff of more than 170 members and 24 offices.
Harris was in Atlanta at the end of July, in a massive event that, according to its organizers, attracted more than 10,000 people.
Trump and his running mate, JD Vancehave also intensified their campaign in recent weeks Georgia. A In early August they appeared together at an event in Georgia State Universityin Atlantain the same place where Harris had given a speech the day before.
Vance has made two visits to Georgia since he was appointed as the Republican Party’s candidate for Vice President, the last of which was last Thursday in Valdostain the south of the state, where he spoke about one of the central themes of the Republican campaign: immigration and border security.
The other fight in the courts
The battle in Georgia It is not only being fought out on the political level, but in the courts due to new rules that Democrats see as potentially causing electoral “chaos” and helping Trump.
The Democratic National Committee and the Georgia Democratic Party filed a lawsuit this week against the Georgia Board of Elections. Georgiawith a Republican majority, for a series of new guidelines.
Democrats fear that these rules could be used to block the certification of election results if Republicans lose the election in November.
In the lawsuit, they ask that the election results must be certified by the legal deadline of Georgia from November 12 and that this certification be mandatory and not discretionary. EFE
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