GA-6 Special election discussion thread

[Terry the Fat Shark]

LMAO who is dumb enough to use Trafalgar? Also, no way Trump is +10 in a district barely to the right of the national popular vote.

Trafalgar is the GOLD STANDARD from Michigan and Pennsylvania, they also nailed the LA Senate runoff, never forget!!!

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Very likely that this turns into an Ossoff vs Handel runoff

[Terry the Fat Shark]

A loss is a loss. More proof that the Democrats need to move to the center. This isn't Kenosha. A DLC Democrat like Zell Miller might've had a chance here.

can we wait like five seconds before crying christ on a stick dude

I don't see why we always have to run far left candidates in places like Kansas and Georgia. We could have won this district with a blue dog.

Even as a Republican hack I can see that Ossoff was pretty moderate, not sure what else you want lol

[Terry the Fat Shark]

final votes are in with 210/210 precincts in and a total turnout of 43.47% of all registered voters in the district:

Ossoff - 48.10% / 92,390
Handel - 19.78% / 37,993
Gray - 10.81% / 20,755
Moody - 8.85% / 16,994
Hill - 8.77% / 16,848

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Bernie Sanders says he is not ready to endorse Jon Ossoff because he "doesn't know whether or not he's a progressive"

[Terry the Fat Shark]

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/06/georgia-special-election-spending-record-238054?cmpid=sf GA-6 race now the most expensive race in US House history (I assume this is by individual seat)

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Well it should be pointed out Landmark Communications polled Ossoff really under

Take a look at the RCP average. While they did have Ossoff at 45%, they were still the most accurate pollster.

I agree with GeorgiaModerate. This is a MoE race.

Plus they also underpolled Handel 

[Terry the Fat Shark]

Junk. Poll.

[Terry the Fat Shark]

FWIW I think there is a much higher chance of MT going dem than GA-6 too....

[Terry the Fat Shark]

https://www.predictit.org/Market/2932/Who-will-win-the-2017-House-of-Representatives-special-election-in-Georgia's-6th-District Handel has overtaken Ossoff for the first time on the Predictit market

[Terry the Fat Shark]

It's interesting that blue avatars start posting in this thread once one (only one poll) shows Handel in the lead and a right at 50% (very convenient).

Wasn't much to post about given that this was entirely #analysis and trying to make something of exit polling