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What’s at stake for women in Georgia Senate races

January 4, 2021
The Jan. 5 Georgia Senate races will determine which party controls the Senate. From health care to the economy to caregiving policy, here’s what’s at stake for women.
· Jan 4

🧵 The Georgia Senate runoff races are Tuesday, and control of the upper chamber is on the line. President Trump’s baseless election fraud allegations are dividing Georgia Republicans, and it could cost Sen. Kelly Loeffler her race.

Kelly Loeffler’s Senate reelection is complicated by Trump
The outgoing president is dividing Georgia Republicans, and it could cost the party the Senate.
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· Jan 4

President-elect Joe Biden and President Donald Trump will each make one final in-person pitch today in Georgia. Vice President Mike Pence is also campaigning today and VP-elect Kamala Harris was in the state on Sunday. Via :

Trump, Biden head to Georgia in final campaign push ahead of Tuesday Senate elections
The outcome of the runoff contests will determine which party controls the Senate.
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· Jan 4

President Trump’s appearance in Georgia comes a day after audio surfaced of a Jan. 2 phone call in which Trump urged fellow Republican Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, to “find” enough votes to overturn his defeat. Via :

‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’: In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state to recalculate the vote in his favor
In a recording obtained by The Washington Post, President Trump alternately berated, begged and threatened Brad Raffensperger to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win in the state.
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· Jan 4

Many have attributed Trump’s defeat in Georgia to Stacey Abrams and other on-the-ground organizers who have been working to mobilize voters in the state for years. Joe Biden was the first Democratic presidential nominee to win the state since 1992.

Stacey Abrams blew up Georgia’s electoral map
The voting rights activist’s hard work in registering and energizing people is paying off at one of the nation’s most pivotal moments.
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· Jan 4

As told The 19th’s in August, voter suppression is the “prevention or discouragement of people from exercising the franchise in total,” and 2020 was “the pinnacle.”

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The 19th Represents revisits the unequal history of voting rights in our nation and consider the work we have left to do to ensure the 19th Amendment — ratif...
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· Jan 4

Organizers are still on the ground in Georgia, and their work may be paying off: thousands who didn’t vote in November are turning out for the runoff election. ⬇️

NBC News: In the Georgia Senate race, roughly 112,838 voters who did not vote in the 2020 general election voted early or absentee in the Georgia runoff election so far (as of 1/1). Of that total, 30% are between the ages of 18 to 29 and 40% are Black.
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· Jan 4

Ahead of early voting for the runoff races, 80 percent of Black women said they “care a good deal about who wins” and that their vote has “a lot of power” to affect what happens in their community.

Black women voters in Georgia ‘care a good deal’ about the Senate runoff, new poll finds
The poll of nearly 500 registered voters in Georgia comes ahead of the start of early voting for the January 5 runoff election.
19thnews.org
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· Jan 4

What’s exactly at stake for Georgia and the nation at-large? First, health care. Any sweeping policy reforms related to the Affordable Care Act or reproductive health will be an uphill battle made more difficult if the Republicans control the Senate.

What will Biden's health care plans look like in 2021?
President-elect Joe Biden will inherit the coronavirus crisis and several other health care problems. Here's how he'll tackle them.
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· Jan 4

Second, a follow-up to December’s coronavirus relief bill. While this bill tackled paid leave, child care and food insecurity, experts say it’s not enough to undo much of the damage the pandemic dealt to women.

Stimulus provides some, but not enough, relief for women
The $900 billion package tackles paid leave, child care and food insecurity, among other issues that disproportionately impact women.
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· Jan 4

Women — already the most vulnerable to job loss, the most likely to be sole heads of households, the ones who are most often the sole providers for their children — are also the most likely to be evicted from their homes during the pandemic.

Americans were told to stay home. Black women are most at risk of losing theirs.
Despite federal eviction moratoriums, Black women are most at risk of losing their housing during the pandemic.
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· Jan 4

Black women are twice as likely as White men and women to say they are behind on rent during the pandemic.

Americans were told to stay home. Black women are most at risk of losing theirs.
Despite federal eviction moratoriums, Black women are most at risk of losing their housing during the pandemic.
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· Jan 4

Third, Biden’s proposed $775 billion caregiving plan, which introduces universal pre-K, boosts pay for care workers and adds an estimated 3 million care jobs. Passage of the plan could be contingent on which party controls the Senate.

Majority of voters support Biden’s plan for child care and at-home care, new poll finds
About 88 percent of voters said they support President-elect Joe Biden's 10-year, $775 billion caregiving proposal.
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· Jan 4

We may not know the results of the Georgia Senate races immediately, but there are already signs that Trump’s grousing about the election results, and the alleged complicity of Georgia Republicans, could depress party turnout.

Kelly Loeffler’s Senate reelection is complicated by Trump
The outgoing president is dividing Georgia Republicans, and it could cost the party the Senate.
19thnews.org
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· Jan 4

Georgia election official said Monday that the president’s disinformation campaign about the November election is impacting turnout models.

Georgia's voting system implementation manager urges participation in tomorrow's runoffs, says president's disinformation campaign about November election is impacting turnout models. "I'm not acknowledging the election was stolen, because it wasn't."
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· Jan 4

Via : “At the end of the day, we want to make sure people understand their votes count. Every person, every voice matters.”

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Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling says it's "anti-disinformation Monday." "There are people in positions of authority and respect who have said their votes didn't count, and it's not true."
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· Jan 4

"Let's be clear: Donald Trump is not worried about the U.S. Senate or the future of the Republican Party and, if anything, the more it fails, the better it could potentially be for him," told me last month of the Georgia Senate runoffs.

Kelly Loeffler’s Senate reelection is complicated by Trump
The outgoing president is dividing Georgia Republicans, and it could cost the party the Senate.
19thnews.org
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· Jan 4

For Sen. Kelly Loeffler, her focus “is on tomorrow Tuesday, January 5th, making sure that Georgians turn out to vote.”

In Savannah, reporters asked several times about Trump’s call with Raffensperger. She deflected, saying “My entire focus is on tomorrow Tuesday, January 5th, making sure that Georgians turn out to vote” and then “Look my entire focus is on tomorrow Tuesday January 5th”
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· Jan 4

Closing remarks from Sterling: "Do not let anybody discourage you. Do not self suppress your own vote. Don't let anybody steal your votes."

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· Jan 4

President Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud are front-and-center in Georgia’s two Senate elections. On the eve of those elections, Sen. Kelly Loeffler says she will not certify Joe Biden’s win.

Loeffler says on eve of Senate elections that she will not certify Biden’s win
Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud are front-and-center in Georgia’s two special elections.
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