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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is an utter disaster for Dump.
If it goes to a runoff and the GOP GA-06 candidate has to bash him BIGLY in order to try to make up a 30 pct gap...utter disaster...period.
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This is an utter disaster for Dump. (Original Post)
roamer65
Apr 2017
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Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)1. Lol
Well Trump is an utter disaster so it's fitting.
Goodheart
(5,335 posts)2. I see only a 1.5 to 2.0% swing there from Republican to Democratic
when comparing the presidential election to this one.
I hate to be a buzzkill but all this anger I see in protests and town halls still needs to translate into more votes. Got to hand it to your average Republican... they always seem more likely to vote... nastiness is a bigger voting incentive than peace and tolerance.
dsc
(52,166 posts)3. Price won that district by nearly 15 points
Romney and McCain won that district by over 20 each. On top of that, their weakest candidate in terms of polling made the run off. This won't be a walk in the park but it is very doable.
Goodheart
(5,335 posts)4. Keeping my fingers crossed.
It was a strong showing for the Democrats in an unusual "jungle primary" in a district that Mitt Romney won by 23 points in 2012, and where Republican Rep. Tom Price was re-elected with nearly 62% of the vote in 2016 before being named Trump's health and human services secretary.
"There is no doubt that this is already a victory for the ages," Ossoff told supporters late Tuesday night. "That no matter what the outcome is tonight -- whether we take it all or whether we fight on -- we have survived the odds. We have shattered expectations. We are changing the world. And your voices are going to ring out across this state and across this country."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/politics/georgia-house-6th-special-election-jon-ossoff/
Skittles
(153,182 posts)5. fear and ignorance are bigger motivators than being empathic and informed
Cha
(297,532 posts)6. You mean tell the truth about him?