{"id":1065,"date":"2018-10-22T16:32:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T14:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/britishdailynews.co.uk\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2018-10-22T16:41:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T14:41:07","slug":"black-reverse-migration-driving-atlanta-and-georgia-towards-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/britishdailynews.co.uk\/?p=1065","title":{"rendered":"Black ‘reverse migration’ driving Atlanta and Georgia towards Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n
\n

Demographic changes could bring success for Democrats and Stacey Abrams – and counter alleged voter suppression against minorities<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\"Stacey<\/picture><\/div>
\u00a0<\/span>Stacey Abrams, Democratic challenger for Georgia governor in November 2018\u2019s midterm elections at a rally supported by Democratic senator from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren. Photograph: John Amis\/EPA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n
\n

A \u201cgreat reverse migration\u201d of African Americans to the US south from the north could turn historically Republican parts of Georgia\u2019s state capital, Atlanta, from red to Democrat blue as early as next month\u2019s midterms, experts say.<\/p>\n

William Frey, demographer and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said a key to this trajectory is the burgeoning Gwinnett County on the outskirts of Atlanta, where many black people have moved in recent years.<\/p>\n

Gwinnett is a being closely scrutinised in Georgia\u2019s extremely tight gubernatorial battle, fought between Stacey Abrams, a Democrat hoping to be the country\u2019s first female African American governor, and Republican Brian Kemp, who has denied accusations of voter suppression impacting minorities.<\/p>\n