CAMILLA, Ga. — As campaign events go, a recent gathering in this southwest Georgia town seemed a world apart from the glitzier events of bigger cities. A few dozen curious voters filled rows of folding chairs on the lawn outside a church to await Stacey Abrams’ arrival.
Some arrived an hour early, towing games to occupy children as they swatted gnats with makeshift fans. A lone truck bearing a Donald Trump banner roared by, honking disapproval.
“I know folks paid a lot of attention to the numbers coming out of metro Atlanta. But I watched the numbers go up down here in southwest Georgia,” Abrams, speaking about vote totals in the past few election cycles, said to warm applause from the crowd.
