GA-6 Special election discussion thread

[Gass3268]

Turnout Count Update for Congressional Districts 6: Total as of 5 pm: 16,295

Is this the entire District or just DeKalb County?

[henster]

So was Ossoff really the best the Ds could put up, why did so many coalesce behind him and not the others? Keatley and Slotin seem to be decent candidates and seem to actually live in the district.

[ajc0918]

Turnout Count Update for Congressional Districts 6: Total as of 5 pm: 16,295

Is this the entire District or just DeKalb County?

Sorry just the DeKalb portion which has around 22% of the district's population (I think). But it's the only county giving out turnout numbers.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Turnout Count Update for Congressional Districts 6: Total as of 5 pm: 16,295

Is this the entire District or just DeKalb County?

It was tweeted by @DeKalbVotes, so I assume it's just the DeKalb portion.

[GeorgiaModerate]

DeKalb is the rightmost county when you look at a map, but it's the leftmost politically.  Cobb is just the opposite.  This made me think of the wonderful Johnny Cash song "The One on the Right is on the Left": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDSN1F72QU4

[The Other Castro]

Greg Bluestein‏ @bluestein
Tea leaves: Dems in #GA06 are buoyed by especially high turnout in Sandy Springs precinct that overwhelmingly backed Nunn in '14. #gapol

[Matty]

Greg Bluestein‏ @bluestein
Tea leaves: Dems in #GA06 are buoyed by especially high turnout in Sandy Springs precinct that overwhelmingly backed Nunn in '14. #gapol

High dem ED turnout in delkalb is to be expected considering the EV was anemic due to limited availability of early voting spots.

[Adam Griffin]

So was Ossoff really the best the Ds could put up, why did so many coalesce behind him and not the others? Keatley and Slotin seem to be decent candidates and seem to actually live in the district.

Probably because Hank Johnson (his former boss) and John Lewis lined up behind Ossoff at the onset, effectively pointing local Democratic politicos and party members in that direction based on their influence.

[Maxwell]

where you people get that kind of disposable income

[ajc0918]

From a random person on twitter: Update #GA06 Evansdale 681 votes cast. Blue precinct. Heavy poll traffic, lines 5:21 @ossoff #gapol

This precinct voted 67% for Clinton.

[The Other Castro]

Hour long line at a Roswell, GA polling location, and people there say it's longer than for presidential race.

[Matty]

So high turnout all over the place. Somewhat eliminates any sort of things we can take away from it.

People need to remember that dekalb county has tons of voters in the lines that would have voted early.

[The Other Castro]

^ Above precinct (SS26) went 78% for Obama and Clinton.

[Adam Griffin]

Hour long line at Roswell, GA polling location, and people there say it's longer than for presidential race. Roswell has 2 precincts, and they went 38.2% and 39.5% for Clinton.

Are we sure it's one of the city proper precincts? There are approximately 20 "Roswell" precincts in Fulton (all of the ones beginning with 'RW') and a couple in Cobb as well if I recall correctly.

[bilaps]

Hannah Perkins @hannahkatt_

As of 5pm Fulton Co Precinct SS26 is reporting 1,418 votes of the +3,000 registered voters.#gapol #FlipThe6th

5:10 PM - 18 Apr 2017 · Fulton County North Annex Service Center

GAGOP right now:

every election same story with you. landing will be hard of course like always.

[Matty]

Hannah Perkins @hannahkatt_

As of 5pm Fulton Co Precinct SS26 is reporting 1,418 votes of the +3,000 registered voters.#gapol #FlipThe6th

5:10 PM - 18 Apr 2017 · Fulton County North Annex Service Center

GAGOP right now:

Your schtick is old.

Why do you guys do this before every single election?

[The Other Castro]

Hour long line at Roswell, GA polling location, and people there say it's longer than for presidential race. Roswell has 2 precincts, and they went 38.2% and 39.5% for Clinton.

Are we sure it's one of the city proper precincts? There are approximately 20 "Roswell" precincts in Fulton (all of the ones beginning with 'RW') and a couple in Cobb as well if I recall correctly.

Hmm good point. I guess I'll only use the precinct numbers if the precincts are mentioned specifically by name.

[Matty]

Just so you know, the past few pages on this thread are why the hard left bent to this board makes it so much harder for it to function as an election data forum.

We're getting one sided reports, we're getting gifs of "sweating". Then, when the night is over, the haughtiness starts again with the next race.

[ajc0918]

Hannah Perkins @hannahkatt_

As of 5pm Fulton Co Precinct SS26 is reporting 1,418 votes of the +3,000 registered voters.#gapol #FlipThe6th

5:10 PM - 18 Apr 2017 · Fulton County North Annex Service Center

GAGOP right now:

Your schtick is old.

Why do you guys do this before every single election?

Because this is an election forum.

[Confused Democrat]

I bet $10,000 on Ossoff winning.

You're lying.

Obviously, but someone needs to up the anti on Mondale's $500.

$500 is the max you can do on Predictit but you can get around that by opening more accounts

$850 is the max on any individual contract, but you can sometimes max out at $1700 by going all in on Yes X and NO Y.

Damn...this while time I thought the max was $500. Oh well, I'm not ready to bet more

DO IT

That's bad advice.

Not if Ossoff wins.

[Adam Griffin]

Hour long line at Roswell, GA polling location, and people there say it's longer than for presidential race. Roswell has 2 precincts, and they went 38.2% and 39.5% for Clinton.

Are we sure it's one of the city proper precincts? There are approximately 20 "Roswell" precincts in Fulton (all of the ones beginning with 'RW') and a couple in Cobb as well if I recall correctly.

Hmm good point. I guess I'll only use the precinct numbers if the precincts are mentioned specifically by name.

I just checked. Based on the numbers you posted, it appears those are the two in Cobb: Clinton got 38.2% and 39.5% in the two Cobb Roswell precincts.

[bilaps]

Hannah Perkins @hannahkatt_

As of 5pm Fulton Co Precinct SS26 is reporting 1,418 votes of the +3,000 registered voters.#gapol #FlipThe6th

5:10 PM - 18 Apr 2017 · Fulton County North Annex Service Center

GAGOP right now:

Your schtick is old.

Why do you guys do this before every single election?

Because this is an election forum.

what a stupid thing to say. it's an election forum, doesn't mean you get to be idiot every election. you can post without this nonsense.

[Confused Democrat]

Just so you know, the past few pages on this thread are why the hard left bent to this board makes it so much harder for it to function as an election data forum.

We're getting one sided reports, we're getting gifs of "sweating". Then, when the night is over, the haughtiness starts again with the next race.

It's only going to get worse now that Trump is in office.

[Adam Griffin]

Hannah Perkins @hannahkatt_

As of 5pm Fulton Co Precinct SS26 is reporting 1,418 votes of the +3,000 registered voters.#gapol #FlipThe6th

5:10 PM - 18 Apr 2017 · Fulton County North Annex Service Center

GAGOP right now:

Your schtick is old.

Why do you guys do this before every single election?

Because this is an election forum.

what a stupid thing to say. it's an election forum, doesn't mean you get to be idiot every election. you can post without this nonsense.

Actually, it does, so long as we're within ToS.

[Ronnie]

Yeah, I'm not terribly optimistic.  If there were multiple reports that turnout is unusually low in heavily GOP precincts then it would be a different story.  Still, I think something like a 47% showing would be a lot better for Democratic morale than 41%.