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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Personal insight on the GA 6 election from a local.
A lot of people are lamenting the loss last night by 9,702 votes. Let me put this in perspective. I live in GA 4. Hank Johnson is our Rep.
In 2016 this was the election result:
(D) H. Johnson
75.6%
214,278
(R) V. Armendariz
24.4%
69,075
If a special election was held in my district and the Dem candidate only won by 9,007 votes I be f*ckin freaking out!
So please put this in perspective. Ossoff did what many could not (turned a lot of votes) and I am sure republicans are freaking out even if they don't admit it.
PS Hillary got 80%
gademocrat7
(10,672 posts)Agree with you , Cattledog.
Dulcinea
(6,666 posts)I also live in the 4th.
Cattledog
(5,919 posts)Lifelong fan!
Cattledog
(5,919 posts)Dulcinea
(6,666 posts)Moved to the ATL in 1989.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,719 posts)I've heard it said over and over: All politics are local. You brought that to vivid life.
YCHDT
(962 posts)... was mixed but maybe this is how it was gerrymandered.
I was thinking a district with that many minority voters can't be that red ... it was ... it was super red ... one of the most red districts in the country
JI7
(89,276 posts)That's why Clinton and ossoff came close.
But the long time mostl white republicans are still a majority.
Maven
(10,533 posts)Specifically, "packing" of D voters into one district? We don't need a 50% margin to win one seat. I wish 25K of the Dem voters in GA 4 were in GA 6 - then we would have won yesterday!
Cattledog
(5,919 posts)The urban/suburban districts of Atlanta are the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 11th, and 13th. All are heavily Democratic except the 6th, 7th, & 11th. All of which are in the northern suburbs.
Maven
(10,533 posts)Cattledog
(5,919 posts)In Dekalb County we got the Dem vote out and Ossoff won the county by 17%