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Stacey Abrams: “The last governor's race [in Louisiana] was decided by 36%…”

Featuring: Stacey Abrams, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Georgia

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Published | Video Starts at 24:18

Yeah, in the state of 11 million people, we're talking a suburb made the decision. And so we, across the country, this can happen. If we look at Louisiana, The last governor's race [in Louisiana] was decided by 36% of the population. The winner of that contest got 570,000 votes. So you can close those gaps by going to the people who did not believe their voices mattered. (24:18–24:23)

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Asserts that only 36% of the population participated in the last governor's race in Louisiana.

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