Stacey Abrams Wants More Than the Vice Presidency

The clapping hands appeared on the screen — one, two, a flurry of emojis — flashing under the Facebook Live feed of the former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, Stacey Abrams. It was the socially distanced derivative of the applause she has often encountered in the past year or so, since her narrow loss in the race for governor of Georgia in 2018.

Ms. Abrams was addressing the virtual audience of the New Hampshire Democratic Party convention. She was there last Saturday to talk voter suppression, the focal point of her work since 2018, and by the looks of the comments, had found a receptive crowd. “Go Stacey!” popped one, then, 13 seconds later: “Stacy for VP!”

This, of course, was the subtext of Ms. Abrams’s appearance Saturday, and again Thursday night when she appeared with Joseph R. Biden Jr. on MSNBC to talk about voting rights.

In early April, on a call with Georgians to discuss her work on ballot access in the pandemic, Ms. Abrams said: “You don’t do these things for the title.” But in her recent run of appearances and interviews, she has nevertheless been open about the title she wants — vice president — and what she thinks her name on the ticket would mean for the future of the Democratic electorate.