I've lived in Georgia all but two years of my long life. Except for a brief holiday in the late 1960's, the dominant party has always been the party promoting racial and gender inequality, and the rural voters were the stronghold of injustice and intolerance.

Things changed in the 2020 election.

Not because the rural voters embraced a new ethos. The outlook here changed because the nature of the population changed, in terms of demographics and level of political participation. Repressive majority became repressive minority.

If the opponents of oppression want to solidify recent gains, they should reach out to the new voters / groups who rejected the politics of dominate-and-destroy.

If the rural voters want to come on board with empathy and compassion, no one’s stopping them. If they need an invitation, it won’t do any good.