GA-6 Special election discussion thread

[hueylong]

Why participate in a nationally televised debate when the only people you need to convince are concentrated in a very specific area? Why waste time preparing for and going to said debate when you can have one more day of running what is widely reported to be a highly effective ground effort to mobilize voters? Why rule that a CNN debate which a pretty limited amount of people will watch anyways is more important than getting in ~20k unreturned absentee ballots and energizing the thousands of additional people who were just recently allowed to register and who certainly lean Dem?

[hueylong]

It's oddly endearing to watch Republicans try to be as witty and rhetorically sharp as Reagan and fail miserably.

[hueylong]

I don't think these tricks they're employing, most of which basically amount to name-calling and invoking Democratic boogeymen/women, are going to be very successful or resonate with as many people as they'd like. This is the sixth most-educated district in the entire country. Full of professionals and moderate, reasonable people who care about the issues. So yeah, it's going to take a little more than 'Pelosi!1!!' to convince this electorate.

There's a small part of east Fulton that was weak for Handel in R1, and I don't know why. JC-13A & JC-13B she lost to Gray, and in the former she wasn't even in the top 3 (Ossoff came in 2nd, Moody 3rd). Similar result directly to the north in JC-14: Ossoff picked it up and she came in 3rd behind him and Gray. To the east in JC-12, same story - Ossoff first, Moody second, and she's in third. In JC-11 and JC-07, came in 3rd after Ossoff and Gray. Does anyone know why she performed so poorly there?

[hueylong]

Outcome will largely be dependent on black turnout.

[hueylong]

You wanna know what has been the best (pro-Republican) framing of the election I've heard so far?


Hollywood vs. Georgia. That is a very effective campaign theme because it plays to people's identities rather than try to win over their rationale (which is hard). It makes the race 'us vs them'. Are you a proud Georgian or an elitist hollywood type?

If there's one thing the GOP needs to learn from Trump it's how to drive the narrative in your favor. You may hate Trump but the guy is great at appealing to people's base emotions.

Once again, this is the sixth most-educated district in the country. Pretty sure appeals to emotion are going to prove inferior to actual discussions of the issues, like healthcare/AHCA, taxes, government accountability and transparency, etc.

[hueylong]

Um, why are people taking this new Trafalgar poll seriously? And no, 'omg bc they predicted Trump's win' isn't a good enough answer.

Their earlier poll had Ossoff up 12.4% in the early vote and now have him up only 2.64%, despite the fact that most of the early vote was in when the first poll was conducted?

[hueylong]

Handel was born and raised in Washington D.C. and moved to Georgia later on.

Ossoff was born and raised in the district, still has family there, and now resides just a short drive away because he's supporting his fiancee while she finishes up medical school.

And Ossoff is supposed to be the outsider? How idiotic.