Yet Abrams’ win should not be limited only to conversations about historical firsts. The success of Abrams’ campaign should be a mandate for the future of Democratic politics and campaigns. Since then, Democrats have been trying to win back the voters who left the party in the 1990s. Georgia Democratic Party Chair Dubose Porter laid out the calculus of the state’s political landscape in a January 2018 op-ed in The Hill. Christopher Aluka Berry / Reuters Stacey Abrams speaks at a Young Democrats of Cobb County meeting on Nov. 16.

Source: Huffington Post May 24, 2018 00:00 UTC