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

[Lord Admirale]

The Dems just lost a sh*t-ton of money, lmao.

[Lord Admirale]

I wanted to like Jon Ossoff, but I couldn't bring myself to like him, even though I am center-left.

1. Not living in the district, he could've easily moved into an apartment or something at the very least. Carpetbagging puts a bad taste in my mouth.

2. Tons of outsider money. Most of his support and donations came outside of GA-06. Yes, Handel got a lot of outsider money as well, but that was because of Ossoff. If it weren't for this, I would've rooted for Ossoff.

3. Endorsed by Sanders, Warren, Pelosi, and others. All of them are poor politicians who share nothing in common with the district.

For the record, I did not support Handel either. I supported neither candidate. They were both terrible.

[Lord Admirale]

I wanted to like Jon Ossoff, but I couldn't bring myself to like him, even though I am center-left.

1. Not living in the district, he could've easily moved into an apartment or something at the very least. Carpetbagging puts a bad taste in my mouth.

2. Tons of outsider money. Most of his support and donations came outside of GA-06. Yes, Handel got a lot of outsider money as well, but that was because of Ossoff. If it weren't for this, I would've rooted for Ossoff.

3. Endorsed by Sanders, Warren, Pelosi, and others. All of them are poor politicians who share nothing in common with the district.

For the record, I did not support Handel either. I supported neither candidate. They were both terrible.

Bernie halfheartedly endorsed him once while refusing to call him a progressive. It's completely asinine for this to be the reason you couldn't support Ossoff

Still, Sanders is a terrible politician, and I don't want more politicians connected to him in DC. Hence why I'm glad Northam won in Virginia.

[Lord Admirale]

People think moving further to the left will cause the Democrats to win. HA!

No, you make your message about the issues, not about how Trump sucks. Ossoff came across as a carpetbagging millennial who thinks Stephen Colbert is the funniest guy on Earth and made his campaign about how Trump sucks.

If the Democrats want to win, they should make their campaigns about the ISSUES and focus on what MATTERS, not the President's Twitter account. Moving further to the left just alienates much of the suburban vote and moderates in the party.  

Becoming the freaking Socialist Party reincarnate will give the GOP landslide after landslide in Congressional and even Presidential elections.

[Lord Admirale]

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Literally every mid-term election is about the President.

Democrats should talk about the issues, but they would be stupid to ignore the sub-40% approval rating president who is under criminal investigation.

True, but the entirety of their campaigns shouldn't be about the President.

[Lord Admirale]

People think moving further to the left will cause the Democrats to win. HA!

No, you make your message about the issues, not about how Trump sucks. Ossoff came across as a carpetbagging millennial who thinks Stephen Colbert is the funniest guy on Earth and made his campaign about how Trump sucks.

If the Democrats want to win, they should make their campaigns about the ISSUES and focus on what MATTERS, not the President's Twitter account. Moving further to the left just alienates much of the suburban vote and moderates in the party.  

Becoming the freaking Socialist Party reincarnate will give the GOP landslide after landslide in Congressional and even Presidential elections.

If only you were around in 2008-2010 and the countless, almost daily articles, of how the Republican party was on a ''suicide mission'' for going so far to the right with the Tea Party.

There's no such thing as a political center. Centrism always de-enthuses your own base and get's you nothing from the other side. It's a losing strategy.

I was around for 2008-2010, but I was living in moderate New Jersey. Chris Christie wasn't tea party, and Jon Corzine was immensely unpopular.

I mean, the hard core conservatism helped the Tea Party mostly in the south for congressional seats, where a lot of the Blue Dogs were still hanging around. But in the Senate, it killed their chances of a majority. In Delaware, the moderate DE-At Large Republican Mike Castle decided to run for Joe Biden's seat but was defeated in the primary by a Tea Party opponent, who lost to Chris Coons in the general. That congressman was projected to defeat Coons in the election.

I could see this happening for the Democrats with people like Joe Manchin. If Manchin is somehow outprimaried, then the Republican nominee will surely defeat Paula Jean Swearengin.