Pamapeto ochititsa chidwi a zisankho za feduro za 2022, anthu aku Georgia adasankhanso Sen. Raphael Warnock mu mpikisano womwe udatha Lachiwiri usiku, pomwe m'busa wa Democrat ndi Atlanta adagonjetsa Herschel Walker, wosewera mpira yemwe adasankhidwa ndi a Donald Trump koma adakanidwa ndi Peach State. ovota osiyanasiyana akumidzi ndi akumidzi.
Ndi 99 peresenti ya ma precincts akuti, Warnock adapambana ndi mavoti 98,000 mwa mavoti oposa 3.5 miliyoni omwe adaponyedwa, malire a 2.8 peresenti pa mpikisano womwe Warnock adachita kampeni mwamphamvu pazomwe adachita - ndipo chipani cha Democratic Party ndi magulu ambiri omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe adalimbikitsa anthu aku Georgia kuti avotere. Mosiyana ndi zimenezi, Walker ankafuna kukweza anthu otchuka kuti asankhidwe paudindo wapamwamba, koma kampeni yake idaphimbidwa ndi maululidwe okhumudwitsa okhudza moyo wake komanso kusokonezedwa ndi mafunso ozemba komanso zolankhula zachilendo. Adavomera mpikisanowo isanakwane 11 koloko.
Chakumapeto kwa kampeni, Walker adabwereranso ku mfundo zolankhula za Republican zomwe zimanyoza a Democrats, pomwe Warnock adapitilizabe kunena za zomwe boma lake silinakwaniritsidwe komanso chiyembekezo chake choti zitha kuyankhidwa ku Washington. Ngakhale kusiyana kumeneku pazambiri komanso utsogoleri, malirewo adatsimikizira kuti ovota aku Georgia aku Republican akadali gulu lochititsa chidwi komanso lokhulupirika m'modzi mwa mayiko atsopano omenyera nkhondo mdzikolo.
Pamene Warnock adatenga siteji pambuyo pa 11 koloko madzulo, adalonjeza kuti adzagwira ntchito kwa anthu onse a ku Georgia m'mawu ngati ulaliki omwe adakhazikitsa chisankho chake monga chitsimikizo cha kupita patsogolo kwa demokalase ya America.
"Ndi ulemu wanga, kulemekeza, mawu anayi amphamvu kwambiri omwe adanenedwapo mu demokalase: anthu alankhula," adatero. โNthawi zambiri ndimanena kuti voti ndi mtundu wa pemphero lopempherera dziko lomwe timalifunira ife eni komanso ana athu. Kuvota ndi chikhulupiriro choyikidwa muzochita. Ndipo Georgia, inu mwakhala mukupemphera ndi milomo yanu ndi miyendo yanu; ndi manja anu ndi mapazi anu; mitu yanu ndi mitima yanu. Mwachita khama ndipo taima limodzi.โ
Warnock, yemwe adasankhidwa kukhala zaka ziwiri mu 2020 zomwe zidapitanso pachisankho chachiwiri, ndiye munthu woyamba wakuda waku Georgia kusankhidwa kukhala senator waku US. Iye adawona momwe makolo ake adavutikira pakusalidwa, komanso momwe kuponderezedwa kwa ovota kudalibe moyo m'boma lake.
"Pali omwe angayang'ane zotsatira za mpikisanowu ndikunena kuti palibe kuponderezedwa kwa ovota ku Georgia," adatero Warnock. โNdiloleni ndifotokoze momveka bwino. Chifukwa chakuti anthu anapirira mizere italiitali yozungulira nyumba, ina yotalikirapo; chifukwa chakuti anapirira mvula ndi kuzizira, ndi machenjerero amtundu uliwonse kuti avote, sizikutanthauza kuti kuponderezedwa kwa ovota kulibe. Zikutanthauza kuti inu anthu mwasankha kuti mawu anu asakhale chete.โ
"Tisaiwale kuti titalowa mumsewu uwu, womwe ndi gawo loyipa la nkhani yathu yovuta yaku America, akuluakulu aboma adati sitingathe kuvota Loweruka," adatero Warnock. Koma tinawazenga mlandu, ndipo tinapambana. Ndipo anthu, kamodzinso, anawuka mu mgwirizano wamitundu yambiri, wa zipembedzo zambiri ... ndipo mudavota chifukwa mumakhulupirira monga ine ndimakhulupirira."
Warnock anali kunena za lamulo laboma lapakati pa zaka za m'ma 1960 lomwe linkafuna kuti zisankho zichitike pomwe palibe amene adapambana mavoti opitilira 50 peresenti. Lamulo limenelo linakhazikitsidwa pofuna kuyesa kuti anthu akuda asapambane maudindo. Mlembi wa boma ku Georgia a Brad Raffensperger, waku Republican, poyambilira adanena kuti kusintha kwa malamulo osankhidwa ndi GOP omwe adakhazikitsidwa mu 2021 (ma Democrats atapambana zisankho zapulezidenti ndi maseneta) adaletsa kuvota Loweruka munyengo yofupikitsa.
Chodabwitsa nโchakuti, mfundo zosiyanasiyana mโmalamulo opangidwa ndi GOP, komanso zimene a Trump ananena kuti voti yokhayo yomwe iyenera kuwerengedwa ndi ya anthu oponya voti pa Tsiku la Chisankho, mwina zinasokoneza chiwerengero cha anthu a ku Republican pa nthawi ya chisankho. Zotsatira zikafika, zinali zoonekeratu kuti ma Democrat ambiri kuposa aku Republican adapezerapo mwayi pakuvota tsiku lachisankho lisanafike, komanso kugwiritsa ntchito mavoti otumizidwa. Kuphatikiza apo, nyengo Lachiwiri kudutsa metro Atlanta ndi zigawo zake zozungulira, komwe ambiri mwa ovota m'maboma onse awiri amakhala, inali yachifunga, yachinyezi, komanso kuzizira. Mikhalidwe yotereyi nthawi zambiri imafooketsa anthu omwe akubwera, makamaka pakati pa akuluakulu ndi ovota achikulire, omwe ali chigawo chachikulu cha GOP.
Kumapeto kwa mpikisanowu, akatswiri aku Republican adati Walker amafunikira ovota m'maboma ambiri akumidzi a GOP kuti awonekere mofananiza kapena bwinoko pang'ono kuposa chisankho cha Novembala, pomwe adatsata Warnock ndi mavoti 38,000. (Woyimira ufulu wa Libertarian analepheretsa wopikisana aliyense kuti apambane kuposa 50 peresenti.) Walker anafunikanso kuwonjezera chiwerengero chake ndi pafupifupi 5 peresenti m'maboma a metro Atlanta, kumene Gov. Brian Kemp, wa Republican yemwe anasankhidwanso, adalandiranso zikwi makumi ambiri. mavoti kuposa osewera mpira.
Ngakhale a Republican adaneneratu kuti kuyesa kwa mphindi yomaliza kwa Kemp kulimbikitsa chisankho cha Walker kungakhale kofunikira, Walker sanapeze mavoti omwe amafunikira kudera la Atlanta. Kumadera akumidzi, mosiyana, chithandizo cha Walker chinakhalabe cholimba. Komabe Warnock sanataye mavoti m'maboma akumidzi, ndipo adawona thandizo lake likukula m'magawo a metro.
Maulendo opita kumpoto kwa Atlanta komwe Walker amayembekeza kuwonjezera thandizo lake - chifukwa Kemp adapambana ndi mipata yayikulu - adawonetsa kuti Walker alephera.
M'magawo khumi ndi awiri ku Cobb County, madera oyandikana ndi kumpoto kwa Atlanta, obwera nawo anali osasunthika koma nthawi zambiri sanali odzaza. Panalibe ovota achikulire omwe amawonekera. Ndipo ovota adanena mobwerezabwereza kuti palibe zotsatsa zamphindi zomaliza za osankhidwa onse kapena zoyesayesa za Kemp m'malo mwa Walker zidasintha zolinga za ovota ambiri.
Amie Carter, yemwe amagwira ntchito yogulitsa ukadaulo, anati: โAnthu anali ndi maganizo osintha maganizo. "Kuwononga ndalama zonsezo pamapepala ndi zotsatsa pa TV mwina sikunali kothandiza kwambiri."
Monica Brown, wasayansi wachikuda wasayansi yemwe adagwira ntchito yotulutsa anthu akuda ku Cobb County, adati mbiri ya Walker yokhudzana ndi nkhanza zapakhomo komanso ziwawa zapa kampeni zidakhumudwitsa anthu ambiri amitundu.
"Tikaganizira za kupambana kwa Black - lingaliro loti muyenera kukonzekera bwino, bwinoko - mu mpikisano uwu, kupambana kumeneku kunali kuti?" anafunsa. โSitingakwanitse kuzichepetsa. Kodi chifukwa chosankha munthu uyu ndi chiyani?"
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