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South Carolina: how black Americans’ reverse migration is reshaping next state to vote

Black Americans’ relocation back to the south is changing voting blocs and making Democratic races more competitive

Najeema Davis Washington spent more than 15 years as a federal employee in Washington DC before she returned to Charleston, the city she left in 1996.

She brought with her a progressive outlook that ran counter to the traditionally moderate views of her old hometown. She also noticed, she says, that the evolution of her community extended beyond mere gentrification.

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Source: US Politics - theguardian.com


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