Can Jason Carter win the Georgia governorship in November 2014?
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  Can Jason Carter win the Georgia governorship in November 2014?
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Question: Can Jason Carter beat Gov. Nathan Deal in November 2014?
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« on: September 11, 2014, 07:51:07 PM »

Polls are showing that the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, state Senator Jason Carter is either tied or slightly trailing incumbent Gov. Nathan Deal. Can Jason Carter surprise Gov. Deal?
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« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2014, 08:00:56 PM »

Yes, and great news to reinforce the trend!

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As of now, 30% of the 2008 Democratic voting bloc will have access to Sunday voting for this election! Of course, Republicans are saying they'll be banning Sunday voting in next year's session.

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« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2014, 08:13:08 PM »

Yes, and great news to reinforce the trend!

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As of now, 30% of the 2008 Democratic voting bloc will have access to Sunday voting for this election! Of course, Republicans are saying they'll be banning Sunday voting in next year's session.



Epic news!
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« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2014, 08:16:29 PM »

Technically he can, but probably won't.
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« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2014, 09:15:39 PM »

Can he? Of course.

Is there a nontrivial chance he'll win? Yes. He polls competitively.

Is he the favorite? Probably not. He's a Democrat in a midterm with a Democratic President.
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« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2014, 10:14:26 PM »

Yes, and great news to reinforce the trend!

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As of now, 30% of the 2008 Democratic voting bloc will have access to Sunday voting for this election! Of course, Republicans are saying they'll be banning Sunday voting in next year's session.


Can't we avoid so much of the race-baiting that follows by just agreeing that everyone in a given state should be entitled to vote on a set of given days and times, regardless of what city/county they live in?

I disagree with the Republican reasoning behind their opposition, but I don't think it's fair for some people to be able to vote on Sunday and not others, or for some people to have their polls open until 8pm while others have to vote before 7.
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« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2014, 10:54:34 PM »

Can't we avoid so much of the race-baiting...

This is Georgia: of course we can't.

...that follows by just agreeing that everyone in a given state should be entitled to vote on a set of given days and times, regardless of what city/county they live in?

I disagree with the Republican reasoning behind their opposition, but I don't think it's fair for some people to be able to vote on Sunday and not others, or for some people to have their polls open until 8pm while others have to vote before 7.

The Republican-managed Secretary of State's office has for years been perfectly complicit and has allowed that all 159 counties are allowed to set their own early voting locations and times in addition to what is minimally-required:

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I think it's perfectly fair, given all the hurdles that Republicans in my state have been creating over the past decade for those who wish to register to vote, those who live in poorer communities and yes, those who aren't white. Perhaps they shouldn't have been cheering when pre-clearance was abolished. I would just remind my Republican friends of their own logic: every county has the choice to expand early voting to be available on Sunday; something tells me that you won't see many Republican counties - even the most heavily-Republican counties - follow suit, because it would still likely end up shrinking that county's margin of victory for Republicans come Election Night (which will shed light on exactly why they like to reduce ballot access across the board, even for their own potential voters).
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« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2014, 11:53:47 PM »

He can...but will he is a different question.

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« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2014, 03:32:01 AM »

He is the best Democrat in years to be able to win it, I don't know if he actually will though.
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« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2014, 10:46:55 AM »

The Republican-managed Secretary of State's office has for years been perfectly complicit and has allowed that all 159 counties are allowed to set their own early voting locations and times in addition to what is minimally-required

See, in Texas, our Republicans are at least shrewd enough to throw local control under the bus when it conflicts with their ideological or political goals.

Regardless, it still strikes me as almost against the concept of equal protection under the law to say people who live in County X will have more opportunities to vote in a given election than people who live in County Y.
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« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2014, 12:03:44 PM »

Technically he can, but probably won't.
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« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2014, 12:23:27 PM »

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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2014, 08:04:11 PM »

I've been going door to door asking rich Atlantans for money [for Carter] for a little while now. Response rate isn't all that great. But then again, rich people are awful.
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« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2014, 09:35:56 AM »

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« Reply #14 on: September 14, 2014, 11:04:30 AM »

It's possible, so I voted yes, but I don't think he will pull it off in the end.  Georgia is still conservative territory. 
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« Reply #15 on: September 14, 2014, 11:56:46 AM »

It's possible, so I voted yes, but I don't think he will pull it off in the end.  Georgia is still conservative racist territory. 
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« Reply #16 on: September 14, 2014, 12:11:55 PM »

Georgia is still conservative racist territory. 

Jason Carter is black?
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« Reply #17 on: September 14, 2014, 12:14:30 PM »

Georgia is still conservative racist territory. 

Jason Carter is black?

No, but the policies of his administration would help blacks. White racists don't like that.
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« Reply #18 on: September 14, 2014, 01:07:43 PM »

Georgia is still conservative racist territory. 

Jason Carter is black?

No, but the policies of his administration would help blacks. White racists don't like that.

Can you please go away?
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« Reply #19 on: September 14, 2014, 01:08:51 PM »

Georgia is still conservative racist territory. 

Jason Carter is black?

No, but the policies of his administration would help blacks. White racists don't like that.

Can you please go away?

No, and I would encourage you not be an apologist for white privilege and racism.
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« Reply #20 on: September 14, 2014, 01:34:03 PM »

Georgia is still conservative racist territory. 

Jason Carter is black?

No, but the policies of his administration would help blacks. White racists don't like that.

Can you please go away?

No, and I would encourage you not be an apologist for white privilege and racism.

Says the guy that called Sanguinetti a wop
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« Reply #21 on: September 14, 2014, 01:35:01 PM »

Georgia is still conservative racist territory. 

Jason Carter is black?

No, but the policies of his administration would help blacks. White racists don't like that.

Can you please go away?

No, and I would encourage you not be an apologist for white privilege and racism.

Anti-racist is a codeword for anti-white.
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« Reply #22 on: September 14, 2014, 01:35:11 PM »

Georgia is still conservative racist territory. 

Jason Carter is black?

No, but the policies of his administration would help blacks. White racists don't like that.

Can you please go away?

No, and I would encourage you not be an apologist for white privilege and racism.

Says the guy that called Sanguinetti a wop

One can't be racist against an ethnicity. Nice try, Fidel.
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« Reply #23 on: September 14, 2014, 01:35:58 PM »

Georgia is still conservative racist territory. 

Jason Carter is black?

No, but the policies of his administration would help blacks. White racists don't like that.

Can you please go away?

No, and I would encourage you not be an apologist for white privilege and racism.

Anti-racist is a codeword for anti-white.

Says the white man from Alabama. Forgive us all if we take your pronouncements on race with a truckload of salt.
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« Reply #24 on: September 14, 2014, 02:59:28 PM »
« Edited: September 14, 2014, 03:04:30 PM by Badger »

Georgia is still conservative racist territory.  

Jason Carter is black?

No, but the policies of his administration would help blacks. White racists don't like that.

Can you please go away?

No, and I would encourage you not be an apologist for white privilege and racism.

Anti-racist is a codeword for anti-white.

Says the white man from Alabama. Forgive us all if we take your pronouncements on race with a truckload of salt.

Guys, guys! No need to fight: BOTH of your arguments are moronic. Smiley

To the OP, he'll probably keep it respectable, bu the 50% +1 threshold reduces what minor chance he had.
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