“We’ve been talking about all the power that’s been sitting on the sidelines of our electoral system, as the demographics of our state are changing,” Rev. Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta tells his congregation, who are sitting on plastic chairs and taking notes in their Bibles. “Everybody’s talking about all the power voters of color have.”
“I can’t stand here and tell you which way to swing it,” Warnock says to the knowing laughter of the crowd. “But I’m trying to tell you that you got the power to swing the state which ever way you want to swing it.”
Georgia Democrats — especially Senate candidate Michelle Nunn — are relying on pastors like Warnock to get the black vote out, especially since African-Americans traditionally don’t show up in large numbers at the polls in non-presidential election years.
“If they were to hit 30 percent of the vote being African-American, they’re in the game,” Ralph Reed, the Republican political operative in Atlanta and longtime Christian conservative activist, says of the Georgia Democrats. “Anything below that, and they’ll lose. Anything above that, and it’s probably too close to call.”
To reach that threshold, Democrats in the state have gone nasty in recent days: They are stirring up racial fears in the black community, outraging conservatives and talk radio hosts in the state who call it racial demagoguery at its worst.
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