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*Narrowly, black Atlantans delivered this (mayoral) election for Keisha Lance Bottoms. The vote was divided by race.
Maps show that Bottoms’s victory came from predominantly black neighborhoods of Atlanta’s west, southwest, south, southeast and east sides. Norwood carried neighborhoods in the predominantly white northern half of the city. Strikingly, the numbers indicate poor voter turnout for both candidates.
What does this mean for the future of a city branded as “the City Too Busy to Hate,” “The Black Mecca” and “Hotlanta?”
Read on to find out more.
By Maurice J. Hobson, Assistant Professor of African-American Studies, Georgia State University. Keisha Lance Bottoms. AP Photo/John Bazemore The Atlanta mayoral showdown between Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood was a political battle 30 years in the making.
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