– Election will change lives – VG

– Did you vote ?, Shelly asks at Betty McGray’s door, who is a little uncomfortable in her dressing gown.

– It is absolutely crucial that they vote, Darlene quickly follows up and shows the pamphlets of the Democratic candidates, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, that she has in hand.

With only one day to go before Georgia’s crucial Senate elections, the two parties are now mobilizing vigorously. Democrats need both seats to hand over the Senate, Republicans only need one to retain a majority.

The latest polls are positive for Democrats, but polls are known to be nothing more than polls.

Everyone’s eyes are on the state, and Joe Biden and Donald Trump are holding election rallies the day before Americans go to the polls, in an attempt to secure the final votes.

The January 5 election will determine how much of an impact Joe Biden will have as president.

Explanation: That is why there are now Senate elections in Georgia.

The two grandmothers have practiced in the car and they know what to say when someone opens the door. Democrats in Georgia have given them a route to grapple with. He says they have to knock on 20 doors.

– This is an important choice for us. We need a change and Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock can contribute to that, Shelley tells VG.

– Kamala and Joe can’t do the job alone.

Celebrated «electoral party»

Georgia is the state that put everyone to bed after the November presidential election.

Because they haven’t voted for a Democratic candidate since 1992, and Stacey Abrams, Democrat and suffrage activist, 46, has taken much of the credit for the restructuring operation.

It is said that he managed to get up to 800,000 new voters in Georgia to register to vote, and many of those were said to be black, voters who were absolutely crucial to getting the 16 voters in Georgia to turn to Biden.

Darlene has also done her share of the work:

– I tried to recruit as many as possible and helped them register to vote. Before the presidential elections, I invited my son and his friends to my house, and turned the night into a kind of “electoral party,” says Darlene.

Betty has quickly changed from a dressing gown to regular clothes and is no longer ajar at the door.

– I’ve already voted, Betty says to the grandmothers.

– For years I have helped as a volunteer during the elections. I will too this year. That is why I voted early, he says and reveals that he voted for Joe Biden during the presidential election, and will vote for the Democratic candidates from Georgia.

She believes that both the presidential election in November and the Senate election in Georgia on January 5 are directional choices that will determine the future of America for many years to come.

“This is when we decide what America should be,” says Betty.

“Young people want a change”

Across the state, about a four-hour drive from Atlanta, priest and human rights activist Raphael Warnock takes the stage in his hometown of Savannah, in front of the local city library.

It is a cloudless sky and the degree is approaching 20 degrees.

– People have understood that they have to defend “one of us”, he says from the podium to applause from those present.

Warnock refers to the Black Lives Matter movement, which for much of 2020 shaped, not only American politics, but also sparked international engagement around the world after, among others, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd were brutally assassinated by the American police.

– I am especially inspired by our young people, says Warnock and tells how young people show that they want a change in society.

If Warnock takes the Senate seat from Republican Senator Kelly Loffler, he will be Georgia’s first black senator.

– It will be a blessing. Then he becomes the first black and the first senator from Savannah. It says something about what our children can really accomplish, says Ron Bush after Warnock’s speech.

Back in Atlanta, the grannies start to warm up in the sweater.

– Many say they have already voted, Shelly yells at Darlene, who keeps track of which houses they should knock on.

Exactly that may not be so strange, since more than three million have voted in advance for this Senate election.

Have faith

The results after the first round show that Democrats have a long way to go if they want to secure the two absolutely necessary seats. Nor is it simply a matter of starting the fight with two sitting senators.

– I think we should be able to do it. Democrats have moved into many different neighborhoods and there are people from different states who have come to help, says Darlene.

The last house on the list this morning is next to Mackenzie Phillips. She has just parked her car and is heading home when the two grandmothers call her.

– Did you vote?

Mackenzie stops.

– No not yet. But I have to vote, respond quickly.

– It is not just history that is being written here now, elections want greater lives, says Darlene.

– Yes, imagine we have a black woman as vice president. Who would have thought it, says Mackenzie.

– I know, but Kamala and Joe need all the help they can get.