NY-11 Special Election Thread

[YaBoyNY]

Congrats, Congressman Donovan. Why did I ever doubt myself - of course they'd elect a complete scumbag with no regard for human life.

Not all districts use your criteria of what is a "good congressman"..... Get accustomed to it...

Dan Donovan let a cold-blooded murderer walk free for his own political gain. He was a scumbag of a DA who twisted the law to make himself look good, and will be a scumbag of a Congressman.

Again - it's YOUR vision of situation. A lot of people (especially - on Staten Island) think differently. I beg to differ too. We shall see how Donovan is viewed in the district he runs. And, frankly, that's much more important for him then the opinion of someone from New Hampshire..

How about the direct words of my cousin, who's a Republican from Staten Island?

"He's a clown and a half but better than the other guy."

[YaBoyNY]

That turnout is pathetic. Special elections really need to be banned.

All because Democrats can't figure out how to get their voters to fill out an oval on a piece of paper? Just suspend democracy for 2 years for congressional vacancies or allow a bureaucrat to appoint? Not likely.

Apparently Republicans can't either, considering Donovan got ~30,000 less votes than Grimm, in an election that was already extremely low turnout to begin with.

Yeah, but they still can do it better then Democrats. I can only laugh at Democratic voter's complete impotence in specials. And without Obama motivating minority vote in 2016 - not sure that Democratic base (which is the same minorities now, with white voters more and more deserting party) will bother to turn out next year..

So if we're allowed to say minorities aren't going to go to the ballot just because Obama isn't on the ticket, can we say that the 2016 Democratic nominee will do better than Obama with whites?