GA-06 and SC-05 election day & results thread

[TheSaint250]

Let's get ready to freak out and overreact like crazy!!!!

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE

[TheSaint250]

I just got here. Wtf happened in SC-05?

[TheSaint250]

I like how this thread became liberals vs Pelosi.

[TheSaint250]

So much hate for Ossoff after considering him as a POTUS or VP candidate for 2024...after his successful Senate campaign in 2020.

[TheSaint250]

If Democrats think they're going to be taking the House in 2018, this is a district they'll likely need to win.  This is supposed to be their brand new "winning coalition" of educated whites.  Epic fail, IF they have in fact lost.

I'm not so sure that winning Republican districts is going to help Democrats.  What Ds need are swing seats and a fair redistricting process for 2022.  They might not win back the House until 2022 when a new map is produced.

"fair"

[TheSaint250]

If Democrats think they're going to be taking the House in 2018, this is a district they'll likely need to win.  This is supposed to be their brand new "winning coalition" of educated whites.  Epic fail, IF they have in fact lost.

I'm not so sure that winning Republican districts is going to help Democrats.  What Ds need are swing seats and a fair redistricting process for 2022.  They might not win back the House until 2022 when a new map is produced.

"fair"

As opposed to whatever you call this:

I knew something like this was coming. Republicans gerrymander. Everyone does. Not one gives a s*** about fairness when you can give your party control of the country.

[TheSaint250]

Wait, so did Handel improve upon Trump's margin?

Yup

[TheSaint250]

So in all 4 congressional special elections, the Democrats got 44-48% of the vote, yet the Republicans win 4-0 in terms of seats. A six year old can see that's not fair.

A two year old can understand that 1 person who does better than the other wins

[TheSaint250]

Anyone recall the Quist-Gianforte thread when a dozen or so users assured us that running a Clintonite centrist instead of a populist was this magic elixir that could win over GA-06 a la John Bel Edwards? If Democrats continue to pursue the same trodden path they did in 2016, there's no shot in hell they manifest some "blue tide" in two years.

So if the populist in MT lost and the Clintonite in GA lost, then which Democrat wins?

[TheSaint250]

Don't come at us with that drivel. Let me know when Republicans have to win the popular House vote by 10 points to have a chance at a majority. This country is absolutely nuts.

Gerrymandering sucks. I want it gone. I'm not pro-GM

[TheSaint250]

Anyone recall the Quist-Gianforte thread when a dozen or so users assured us that running a Clintonite centrist instead of a populist was this magic elixir that could win over GA-06 a la John Bel Edwards? If Democrats continue to pursue the same trodden path they did in 2016, there's no shot in hell they manifest some "blue tide" in two years.

So if the populist in MT lost and the Clintonite in GA lost, then which Democrat wins?

Maybe in seats that are less red than these ones?

I mean that seriously: which road do the Democrats take all across

[TheSaint250]

I knew something like this was coming. Republicans gerrymander. Everyone does. Not one gives a s*** about fairness when you can give your party control of the country.

The Democrat party gerrymandered us from the 1960s thru 1994 and they are squealing when we retaliate.

Every time

[TheSaint250]

Well, all the hype for this election was fun while it lasted.

I still thought it was fun (not in a sarcastic floaty way). Everyone here is amazing with analysis on election nights.

[TheSaint250]

Damn, I really hoped Ossoff would've pulled it off.


Just to give the Republicans a spook.

Every single special election should still give GOP a spook. If this is the same strategy, then 2018 is looking bad

[TheSaint250]

I knew something like this was coming. Republicans gerrymander. Everyone does. Not one gives a s*** about fairness when you can give your party control of the country.

The Democrat party gerrymandered us from the 1960s thru 1994 and they are squealing when we retaliate.

Every time

Its not right when Dems do it and its not right when GOP does it

I agree

[TheSaint250]

Final Result SC-05: Norman wins by 3.2%

That was way too close

[TheSaint250]

Pretty much every single prediction I've made this year has been wrong (and has been since Brexit), including Ossoff winning.

[TheSaint250]

I knew something like this was coming. Republicans gerrymander. Everyone does. Not one gives a s*** about fairness when you can give your party control of the country.

The Democrat party gerrymandered us from the 1960s thru 1994 and they are squealing when we retaliate.

There was an article from the 1980 how the Dems gerrymandering saved them from losing the house

Do you have it? I'd like to see it

[TheSaint250]

I notice all the Trump hacks are ignoring the SC-05 result

Not a hack but I've mentioned it multiple times.

[TheSaint250]

Both sides still need centrist voters. Not everyone is partisan.

THANK YOU

I don't like it when people say we need to be so liberal one way or so conservative the other

[TheSaint250]

When is Pelosi ever going to be held accountable 2010..2012..2014..2016..2018? Why are House Dems ok with this?

Didnt you hear? The geniuses over at the DNC are hiring Rham Emanuel to coordinate the 2018 mid-terms. He's going to brush the dust off the 90s DLC playbook and bring back the Clinton days! Sure it hasn't worked in nearly 20 years but dont worry ...any day now!

I don't think putting up ultra-liberal Sandernistas will do it

[TheSaint250]

Both sides still need centrist voters. Not everyone is partisan.

THANK YOU

I don't like it when people say we need to be so liberal one way or so conservative the other

We can be centrist, but we still need a vision instead of just being anti-Trump or pro-Trump.

I know nothing about Ossoff except for the fact that he was seen as being a figurehead of being "a referendum over Trump". That should say something. I know nothing about him except for the fact that he is a Democrat.

Exactly. Every party needs to talk more about issues

[TheSaint250]

So do you think a Trump supporter can defeat Maxine Waters? How about Nancy Pelosi? Jose Serrano? I mean the results of the special elections leave the possibilities endless for Republicans gains...

I think because of this Trump will win DC in 2020

(jk ofc)

[TheSaint250]

When is Pelosi ever going to be held accountable 2010..2012..2014..2016..2018? Why are House Dems ok with this?

Didnt you hear? The geniuses over at the DNC are hiring Rham Emanuel to coordinate the 2018 mid-terms. He's going to brush the dust off the 90s DLC playbook and bring back the Clinton days! Sure it hasn't worked in nearly 20 years but dont worry ...any day now!

I don't think putting up ultra-liberal Sandernistas will do it

Tell it Jeremy Corbyn

The Dems have been running centrist trash all my life. It dosen't work and it never will. The GOP keeps pushing further and further right and they only win more. It's time for Dems to get a ing clue and chuck Pelosi, Hoyer, Perez, Schumer, et all to the side

GOP will move more to the center over time. Centrism is the key for both parties

[TheSaint250]

When is Pelosi ever going to be held accountable 2010..2012..2014..2016..2018? Why are House Dems ok with this?

Didnt you hear? The geniuses over at the DNC are hiring Rham Emanuel to coordinate the 2018 mid-terms. He's going to brush the dust off the 90s DLC playbook and bring back the Clinton days! Sure it hasn't worked in nearly 20 years but dont worry ...any day now!

I don't think putting up ultra-liberal Sandernistas will do it

Tell it Jeremy Corbyn

The Dems have been running centrist trash all my life. It dosen't work and it never will. The GOP keeps pushing further and further right and they only win more. It's time for Dems to get a ing clue and chuck Pelosi, Hoyer, Perez, Schumer, et all to the side

GOP will move more to the center over time. Centrism is the key for both parties

No they won't. The GOP are far right ideologues

Nope. Trump is the face of the party. he is not "far right." The Tea Party has failed to get a presidential candidate since it began and it is weakening.