The Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) reported Thursday that Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams was “struggling to solidify her support” among black voters ahead of November. A recent AJC poll found that Abrams has 79% support among black voters. However, the report said, “Democrats typically poll at least 10 percentage points higher with black voters.” Abrams’ support among black men, according to the AJC, is at 75%.
“That Abrams would need to hold an event designed to garner more support among Black Georgians in the final stretch of her gubernatorial campaign is emblematic of one of the most surprising—and, for Abrams, troubling—developments in the race.” the AJC reported. . “I’m not black, but he raised me,” Abrams told supporters at a recent campaign event. “And I will always say that if black people stand with me and vote for me and work with me, we can change the future of Georgia.” Stacey Abrams, Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Georgia, speaks during a campaign rally in Reynolds, Georgia, U.S., Saturday, June 4, 2022. Abrams will face Georgia Governor Brian Kemp in the general election on November 8, 2022. (Dustin Chambers / Bloomberg via Getty Images) KEMP CAMP RESPONDS TO NYT REPORT SUGGESTING DEMO STACEY ABRAMS ‘COVER-UP’ IN AGRICULTURE GOVERNOR’S RACE Abrams received strong support from black voters in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election, despite losing to Gov. Brian Kemp, R-GA by 55,000 votes. “If black people vote for me,” he said at a campaign event in August, “I’m going to win Georgia.” “The black voters we’re talking to say Stacey Abrams is different and she’s fighting for them,” Lauren Groh-Wargo, Abrams’ campaign manager, told the AJC. “And we know that when we talk to them, we’re going to win over those voters overwhelmingly. But we have to reach out to them.” Democratic strategist Howard Franklin said Abrams’ numbers among black voters “were not a death sentence” but an “early warning bell.” “But I think that’s probably a question of how quickly black men, in particular, start paying attention to this race and understand the stakes that are at stake for November,” Franklin added, according to the AJC. Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams during a campaign “One Georgia Tour” in Atlanta, Georgia on Monday, March 14, 2022. (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images) STACEY ABRAMS PRAISES ‘OPINION’ FOR NOT ACCEPTING ELECTION, DEFENDS SHE ‘WON’ 2018 AGRICULTURE RACE The July poll showed Kemp leading Abrams by seven percentage points. An AJC poll released Tuesday showed Kemp leading Abrams by eight percentage points. The same poll found that 54 percent of likely voters approve of the job Kemp is doing as governor. Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp speaks during the primary night election party at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame on May 24, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) “If something isn’t broken, we don’t need to try to fix it. I agree with Kemp’s policies and I like where the state is going,” said John Francois, a Georgia accountant who is among the black Kemp supporters. according to the AJC. “It’s not really about Stacey Abrams — it’s more about the governor’s agenda.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Abrams, who refused to concede the election after losing to Kemp in 2018, said in February that she would “know the winner” in the November election. “I will always recognize the legal outcome of an election. I’ve never failed to,” Abrams told Axios, adding that she didn’t want the American people to be in a place “where we can’t legitimately challenge” and criticize the systems. in order to improve them. Hanna Panreck is a contributing editor at Fox News.