Is Georgia ready to vote for a female president?

A few months ago, it was looking like Donald Trump had Georgia all but locked up.

Then President Joe Biden dropped out of the election, and Vice President Kamala Harris jumped in, saying in one of her first speeches:

"I am very clear: The path to the White House runs right through this state.You all helped us win in 2020, and we're going to do it again in 2024."

Now Georgia is once again in play for democrats. But the state has never elected a female Governor or a female U.S. senator. Will that fact determine who might win their 16 electoral votes?

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A roundtable with residents.

Consider This host Mary Louise Kelly sat down with three longtime Georgia residents to hear their thoughts on where their home state could go in this election.

She sat in a cafe in Atlanta this past week with Latrice Cushenberry, Eustacia McCloud Carter and Donna Smith Aranson.

The three women come from different backgrounds, different religions and different races. They range in age from their 50s to their 70s.

What they have in common is they are all backing Kamala Harris for president.

So why are they all in for Harris? To Cushenberry, it's about values, and seeing herself and her family in the candidate.

"She is someone that I have seen repeatedly throughout my lifetime in my grandmother, my mother, my aunts - [a] capable, competent, African American person that basically can get the job done with empathy and compassion," she told NPR.

For Aranson, it was a hope for change, as a native Atlantan who has lived through many political cycles in the city, and a