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Georgia s voter bloc has been transformed, and it could provide an election blueprint across the US South
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FebFebruary 2021 at 9:47pm
Activists like Deborah Scott (left) and Ariel A nette Singleton are harnessing the changing demographics of the US South to forge a new voter power bloc.
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As the plumes of tear gas and flash bombs exploded inside the historic US Capitol building in Washington DC, Deborah Scott watched, stunned but not surprised.
An angry mob of Trump supporters, some waving Confederate flags, had broken into the Senate to stop the certification of Joe Biden as president.
Wednesday was supposed to be a day of jubilation for organizers in Georgia. Early that morning, news organizations projected that the Rev Raphael Warnock, a Democratic would win an upset victory over Senator Kelly Loeffler, making him the first Black senator ever elected from the state. Jon Ossoff was on the verge of defeating David Perdue in a second runoff. It was a dual result that would give Democrats control of the US Senate, and the first.