GA-6 Special election discussion thread

[McGovernForPrez]

NYT map with precincts: http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-house-special-election-district-6

[Progressive]

Any idea when first results are expected? Will they wait to post ANY results until the two Fulton Co. precincts being kept open are done voting?

[Hindsight was 2020]

I seriously think people underplay how close a Ossoff vs Handel race could be

[Holmes]

I'm hoping Ossoff gets over 50% for many reasons, but also because having to wait another two months for election day is agonizing.

American elections are too long, dammit.

two months is a bizarre time period, imo.

Why can't a runoff only be mere days/week after the jungle?

Georgia (I don't know about other states) is required to allow plenty of time for overseas military ballots to be received.

The 2008 Senate runoff was only a month later though. Was it because it was Christmas soon, then swearing in soon after?

[Confused Democrat]

I seriously think people underplay how close a Ossoff vs Handel race could be

Either Enten or Cohn tweeted (I can't remember) something to the effect of "people are overestimating Ossoff's chances of winning the jungle election and underestimating his chances of winning the runoff.

[Roronoa D. Law]

Good thing for Ossoff is that most of the GOP strongholds are still bottleneck. 400 is a nightmare between 4 to 7.

[Matty]

Good thing for Ossoff is that most of the GOP strongholds are still bottleneck. 400 is a nightmare between 4 to 7.

At this point, doesn't even matter considering polls close at 7.

[Progressive]

Good thing for Ossoff is that most of the GOP strongholds are still bottleneck. 400 is a nightmare between 4 to 7.

What do you mean?

[The Other Castro]

Nate Cohn estimates that early voters for this race went 57-43 for Clinton.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Good thing for Ossoff is that most of the GOP strongholds are still bottleneck. 400 is a nightmare between 4 to 7.

Old joke: the evening rush hour in ATL starts at 3:30.  Except on Friday, when it starts on Thursday.

[Matty]

Good thing for Ossoff is that most of the GOP strongholds are still bottleneck. 400 is a nightmare between 4 to 7.

Old joke: the evening rush hour in ATL starts at 3:30.  Except on Friday, when it starts on Thursday.

haha.

Does Atlanta literally have the worst traffic in the first world?

[GeorgiaModerate]

Good thing for Ossoff is that most of the GOP strongholds are still bottleneck. 400 is a nightmare between 4 to 7.

What do you mean?

Georgia Highway 400, the expressway that runs through the north Fulton suburbs -- and the further north you go, the more Republican they are.  Presumably he's thinking that this will delay some of the GOP voters from getting home to vote.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Good thing for Ossoff is that most of the GOP strongholds are still bottleneck. 400 is a nightmare between 4 to 7.

Old joke: the evening rush hour in ATL starts at 3:30.  Except on Friday, when it starts on Thursday.

haha.

Does Atlanta literally have the worst traffic in the first world?

Maybe not, but it's probably in the top 5.

[Nyvin]

Good thing for Ossoff is that most of the GOP strongholds are still bottleneck. 400 is a nightmare between 4 to 7.

Old joke: the evening rush hour in ATL starts at 3:30.  Except on Friday, when it starts on Thursday.

haha.

Does Atlanta literally have the worst traffic in the first world?

I'd say Los Angeles is worse.

[Matty]

Good thing for Ossoff is that most of the GOP strongholds are still bottleneck. 400 is a nightmare between 4 to 7.

What do you mean?

Georgia Highway 400, the expressway that runs through the north Fulton suburbs -- and the further north you go, the more Republican they are.  Presumably he's thinking that this will delay some of the GOP voters from getting home to vote.

You'd think these folks would have thought of that when leaving to vote.

[Roronoa D. Law]

Good thing for Ossoff is that most of the GOP strongholds are still bottleneck. 400 is a nightmare between 4 to 7.

What do you mean?

Most of white flight is concentrated on its Northside thats why one side looks so red and one side looks fine. Downtown Atlanta is almost 1 hr away from Alpharetta with normal traffic.  

[Progressive]

Ah I see, gotcha. Never been to ATL but I'd like to at some point.

[Gass3268]

Good thing for Ossoff is that most of the GOP strongholds are still bottleneck. 400 is a nightmare between 4 to 7.

Old joke: the evening rush hour in ATL starts at 3:30.  Except on Friday, when it starts on Thursday.

haha.

Does Atlanta literally have the worst traffic in the first world?

Texas A&M did a study and DC was #1, recently passing LA.

[Confused Democrat]

Resources I'll be using to keep track of the results:

NYT

538 Spreadsheet

DD HQ

@Nate_Cohn

@ForcasterEnten

[Devout Centrist]

And we're off!

[Webnicz]

Good thing for Ossoff is that most of the GOP strongholds are still bottleneck. 400 is a nightmare between 4 to 7.

At this point, doesn't even matter considering polls close at 7.

How much of a difference would it make for Ossoff if polls closed at say 9 pm.. would that be just enough to put him over 50?

[heatcharger]

D.C. absolutely has the worst traffic, although Atlanta's infrastructure seems to be piss poor.

[ajc0918]

@DecisionDeskHQ  10s10 seconds ago
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 Polls will remain open at 2 precincts in Fulton County for a while longer, all results delayed 1 hour from that authority.

[Ab1234mdusr]

D.C. absolutely has the worst traffic, although Atlanta's infrastructure seems to be piss poor.

Not to mention the disaster on I-85 after the bridge collapse.

[GeorgiaModerate]

D.C. absolutely has the worst traffic, although Atlanta's infrastructure seems to be piss poor.

Not to mention the disaster on I-85 after the bridge collapse.

We also had part of I-20 buckle yesterday during the evening rush hour and shut down all lanes for several hours.  Fortunately it wasn't that serious and was open today.