ATLANTA —Democrats are canvassing in Georgia’s rural counties and suburban areas, focusing heavily on turning out voters of color across the state to grow their margin of support in the Jan. 5 runoff election for two seats that will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.
They are counting on the suburbs of Columbus and Savannah and cities such as Macon to deliver the state for Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock in the election.
The strategy builds on Fair Fight founder Stacey Abrams’ organizing effort in the 2018 gubernatorial election and her playbook for 2020 that stressed Democrats must target and engage white voters and voters of color in both rural and urban areas to expand their electorate.
