It was discussed as a new book detailing how Georgia transformed into a swing state, highlighting Stacey Abrams's efforts and the influence of demographic shifts in the Atlanta suburbs.
Flipped: How Georgia Turned Purple and Broke the Monopoly on Republican Power
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Episode: Mini Show #31: Dems' Amazon Ties, Life Expectancy,...
It was discussed as a new book detailing how Georgia transformed into a swing state, highlighting Stacey Abrams's efforts and the influence of demographic shifts in the Atlanta suburbs.
Flipped: How Georgia Turned Purple and Broke the Monopoly on Republican Power
...it took years of work from not just Stacey Abrams but an entire web of activists and organizers and volunteers and voters around her. It took flipping the Atlanta suburbs that were used to be Republican fortresses and it become younger and more diverse...
...and of course it took authentic messages, it took Democrats realizing that they should no longer run as Republican lights but they should run as liberals with progressive messages that helped energize and connect with a group of voters that felt disenchanted and disconnected with the electoral process and helped them, you know, capture hundreds of thousands of Democratic voters who never voted in mid-terms and even sometimes skipped presidential elections...
...Trump is partly to blame...his message of go vote in a rigged election in the January 2021 runoff did not exactly help Kelly Loeffler, David Perdue who were constantly trying to placate the president, appease him as he kept on moving the goalposts towards more and more vigorous demands that eventually getting the point where they he demanded that they block Joe Biden's electoral college victory in the US Senate...
...Donald Trump even came to Georgia not that long ago and said that he'd rather see Stacey Abrams as governor than Brian Kemp so this just shows you how this Trump-fueled dynamics are still shaping Georgia's election and really I think Georgia is the biggest test of Trump's influence in the entire nation.
Episode: Mini Show #31: Dems' Amazon Ties, Life Expectancy,...
It was discussed as a new book about how Georgia became a swing state, highlighting the roles of Stacey Abrams and activists in shifting the political landscape and the impact of Donald Trump's influence on the state.
Flipped: How Georgia Turned Purple and Broke the Monopoly on Republican Power.
It was not some overnight success. This is not really a fluke. This took years of work from not just Stacey Abrams but an entire web of activists and organizers and volunteers and voters around her.
It took flipping the Atlanta suburbs that were used to be Republican fortresses and it become younger and more diverse. They're no longer this monolithically, you know, white upper middle class stereotype that we think of when we think of suburbs of big cities.
And of course, it took authentic messages. It took Democrats realizing that they should no longer run as Republican lights, but they should run as liberals with progressive messages that helped energize and connect with a group of voters that felt disenchanted and disconnected with the electoral process and helped them, you know, capture hundreds of thousands of Democratic voters who never voted in mid-terms and even sometimes skipped presidential elections.
Georgia is the biggest test of Trump's influence in the entire nation.
Episode: Mini Show #31: Dems' Amazon Ties, Life Expectancy,...
It was discussed as a new book detailing how Georgia transitioned from a solidly red state to a swing state, highlighting the efforts of Stacey Abrams and others.
Flipped: How Georgia Turned Purple and Broke the Monopoly on Republican Power.
It was not some overnight success. This is not really a fluke. This took years of work from not just Stacey Abrams but an entire web of activists and organizers and volunteers and voters around her. It took flipping the Atlanta suburbs that were used to be Republican fortresses and it become younger and more diverse.
It took authentic messages. It took Democrats realizing that they should no longer run as Republican lights but they should run as liberals uh with progressive messages that helped energize and connect with a group of voters that felt disenchanted and disconnected with the electoral process and helped them you know capture hundreds of thousands of Democratic voters who never voted in mid-terms and even sometimes skipped presidential elections.
Donald Trump even came to Georgia not that long ago and said that he'd rather see Stacey Abrams as governor than Brian Kemp.
Everybody go and buy the book. We're going to have a link down there in the description. Let's get it up to the top of the bestsellers chart.