Black voters moving South could affect midterms
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 5, 2022
- Going into the midterms Tuesday, a wave of new Black residents in the South could help fuel progressive policies and Democratic candidates.
- The Black population in Georgia has roughly doubled since 1990, moving from about 1.7 million to more than 3 million in the 2020 census.
- The trend is a reversal of the Great Migration, which saw anywhere from 5 to 6.5 million Black people leave the South searching for political and economic opportunities in the North and Midwest between 1910 through 1970.
