Post by Admin on May 9, 2021 22:11:07 GMT
A solid majority of Georgians say they oppose Major League Baseball’s move to relocate this summer’s All-Star game from the state in response to a new and controversial voting measure recently passed by Republican state lawmakers and signed into law by GOP Gov. Brian Kemp.
According to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll released on Wednesday, 53.5% of Georgia voters oppose MLB’s decision, with 35.7% supporting the moving of the game, which was scheduled to be held at Truist Park, the home stadium of the Atlanta Braves.
Nearly 85% of Republicans and just over half of independents opposed the move, with nearly two-thirds of Democrats supportive of relocating the game, known as baseball’s "Midsummer Classic."
Democrats and voting rights activists have decried the new law as a voter suppression measure and have compared it to the Jim Crow laws that for decades suppressed the ability of Blacks in the South to vote. Republicans have praised the bill for improving voter integrity, and argue that it doesn’t restrict the ability to cast a ballot.
The law, which has grabbed plenty of national attention, sparked severe corporate backlash. Besides the move by MLB, corporate giants Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines, which are headquartered in Georgia, have condemned the law.
Kemp told Fox News last week that Democratic critics "have all of their facts wrong and they’ve been lying about our legislation."
The governor emphasized that "the elections integrity act that we passed in Georgia ... makes it easy to vote and hard to cheat" and he said he’d spotlight the measure as he runs for re-election next year.
"I think the vast majority of Georgians support what we did," he insisted.
According to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll released on Wednesday, 53.5% of Georgia voters oppose MLB’s decision, with 35.7% supporting the moving of the game, which was scheduled to be held at Truist Park, the home stadium of the Atlanta Braves.
Nearly 85% of Republicans and just over half of independents opposed the move, with nearly two-thirds of Democrats supportive of relocating the game, known as baseball’s "Midsummer Classic."
Democrats and voting rights activists have decried the new law as a voter suppression measure and have compared it to the Jim Crow laws that for decades suppressed the ability of Blacks in the South to vote. Republicans have praised the bill for improving voter integrity, and argue that it doesn’t restrict the ability to cast a ballot.
The law, which has grabbed plenty of national attention, sparked severe corporate backlash. Besides the move by MLB, corporate giants Coca-Cola and Delta Airlines, which are headquartered in Georgia, have condemned the law.
Kemp told Fox News last week that Democratic critics "have all of their facts wrong and they’ve been lying about our legislation."
The governor emphasized that "the elections integrity act that we passed in Georgia ... makes it easy to vote and hard to cheat" and he said he’d spotlight the measure as he runs for re-election next year.
"I think the vast majority of Georgians support what we did," he insisted.