Stacey Abrams Struggles With Black Male Voters in Georgia While Wielding National Clout

  • Gender gap presents challenge, opportunity in governor’s race
  • A third of registered Black men haven’t voted in several years
Stacey Abrams campaigning in Atlanta. “If Black men vote for me, we win,” she says.Photographer: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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With the November election just weeks away, Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams is dealing with an unusual political problem.

She has become a star on the national political stage. But in her own state -- where she has proved in recent presidential and Senate contests that she can get out the vote for Democratic candidates -- she is struggling to gain momentum for her rematch with Republican Governor Brian Kemp.