Georgia Rookie Voters

Georgia and first time voters.

Kids who became ‘grown’ legally because they turned 18, voted for the first time in the 5 January Senate Runoff Election. There was a lot of optimism about their contribution.

Georgia Democrats were confident they would provide the spatula necessary to flip the state to the colour blue, by voting for their Senate Candidates, Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.

The Republican Party did not want any flipping of pancakes. They wanted to hold on to their cake, the two senate seats occupied by Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.

It was a gamble for both parties because life has a BEFORE and AFTER.   Before they turned 18, rookie voters lived with parents who fed them, took them to school and also inducted them into politics. No, they did not say, when you turn 18 vote for the Dems or GOP.

They either told them that they are part of a bigger whole: Georgia, United States and the world. Or, they schooled them about forces outside the home trying to take away what they think rightfully belongs to them. The solution. Defend it, with guns if need be.

When they turn 18, the road forks. They can either stay on home ground with their parents, or take the other road to the unknown, but which feels right and will make them part of a bigger, not easy, but promising Georgia.

Georgia’s new voters chose their path. Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff won the runoff election. They will represent Georgia at the U.S. Senate.

By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.