Georgia's Very Own Megathread! (v2)

[Zaybay]

This might sound surprising to some on Atlas, but no one, especially the voters, cares about "optics". If Abrams were to drag this out to December of 2019, the voters would still forget after a month. It also doesnt help how everyone is complaining for Abrams to concede when a good 20 members of the House of Reps have still not conceded their races and have called the result a fraud.

They wouldn't forget by December 4th, when the runoff for other races is.

Ok? Does it even matter? I really doubt Democratic voters are not going to show up for Barrow because Abrams is challenging the results. Even for Republicans, what kind of a motivator is that? Abrams is challenging the results, so go vote for this different candidate?

This doesnt fit at all with a voter rational.

[InheritTheWind]

You’d think Donald Trump being president and Republicans moaning nationwide about elections being stolen from them by the ((deep state)) would indicate that optics doesn’t matter at all anymore.

[Skye]

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1063556155174264832
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[Bidenworth2020]

anybody know how badly dems curbstomped rs at the county level in Gwinnett and Cobb.? Gives us a bench in GA-07 if Bordeaux loses.

[Pandaguineapig]

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1063556155174264832
The end.

Good, now we just need Gillum and Nelson to stop throwing temper tantrums and concede as well

[Calthrina950]

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1063556155174264832
The end.

Good, now we just need Gillum and Nelson to stop throwing temper tantrums and concede as well

That still doesn't seem to be a formal concession from Abrams.

[Skye]

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1063556155174264832
The end.

Good, now we just need Gillum and Nelson to stop throwing temper tantrums and concede as well

That still doesn't seem to be a formal concession from Abrams.

She stated that she wasn't conceding while acknowledging Kemp would win, and she said she would sue.

For all intents and purposes regarding the race, at least, it's over.

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And now all eyes shift to Barrow

[Gass3268]

Hard to win with one arm tied behind your back by the decendents of Jim Crow.

[Rookie Yinzer]

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1063556155174264832
The end.

Good, now we just need Gillum and Nelson to stop throwing temper tantrums and concede as well

Asking for every vote to be counted is not a temper tantrum. If Scott and DeSantis won it will be clear soon enough.

[Calthrina950]

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1063556155174264832
The end.

Good, now we just need Gillum and Nelson to stop throwing temper tantrums and concede as well

That still doesn't seem to be a formal concession from Abrams.

She stated that she wasn't conceding while acknowledging Kemp would win, and she said she would sue.

For all intents and purposes regarding the race, at least, it's over.

At least Abrams has acknowledged that she has lost the election. However, her refusal to concede comes off as a graceless move to me. Yes, I understand the concerns over voter suppression and the like, but this is just going to leave a poisonous atmosphere in the state going forward.

And now all eyes shift to Barrow

I think Barrow will lose by a narrow margin. As I said, Georgia isn't ready to flip at a statewide level yet. Maybe in 2 or 4 more years.

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anybody know how badly dems curbstomped rs at the county level in Gwinnett and Cobb.? Gives us a bench in GA-07 if Bordeaux loses.

Gwinnett here

Both County Commission Seats flipped Dem at a 55-44 margin in Gwinnett



Cobb Here

County Commission Seat 1 was uncontested R, Seat 3 was 51.46 (R)-48.41 (D).

[Pandaguineapig]

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1063556155174264832
The end.

Good, now we just need Gillum and Nelson to stop throwing temper tantrums and concede as well

Asking for every vote to be counted is not a temper tantrum. If Scott and DeSantis won it will be clear soon enough.

That's bs and everyone knows it. All the votes have been counted and recounted, and now we're having yet another recount

[Thatkat04]

Kemp is a national disgrace.

[Rookie Yinzer]

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1063556155174264832
The end.

Good, now we just need Gillum and Nelson to stop throwing temper tantrums and concede as well

Asking for every vote to be counted is not a temper tantrum. If Scott and DeSantis won it will be clear soon enough.

That's bs and everyone knows it. All the votes have been counted and recounted, and now we're having yet another recount

If it was reversed you’d be encouraging Republicans to fight and do the same thing. So I don’t even want to hear it. They won and will be certified the winner at some point. Calm down.

[Alabama_Indy10]

I’m just glad the love fest around here can finally end.

[Pandaguineapig]

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1063556155174264832
The end.

Good, now we just need Gillum and Nelson to stop throwing temper tantrums and concede as well

Asking for every vote to be counted is not a temper tantrum. If Scott and DeSantis won it will be clear soon enough.

That's bs and everyone knows it. All the votes have been counted and recounted, and now we're having yet another recount

If it was reversed you’d be encouraging Republicans to fight and do the same thing. So I don’t even want to hear it. They won and will be certified the winner at some point. Calm down.

We really shouldn't be encouraging people to cost the state thousand, if not millions, of dollars on hopeless recounts and bs legal chicanery. If nothing else, states should require sore-loser candidates to foot the bill for the recounts and court costs for their lawsuits

[Calthrina950]

I’m just glad the love fest around here can finally end.

Towards Abrams? I would guess so. Her behavior during this debacle has lowered my opinion of her. Of course, I don't like Kemp either. Hopefully someone better than both of them can run and win the gubernatorial election in 2022 or 2026.

[BuckeyeNut]

Hard to call Georgia a democracy.

[Rookie Yinzer]

I’m just glad the love fest around here can finally end.

Why does people liking a candidate bother you?

[Alabama_Indy10]

I’m just glad the love fest around here can finally end.

Why does people liking a candidate bother you?

It’s not liking them that bothers me. It’s the obsession that many people seemed to have. The earlier pages of this thread are much worse.

[libertpaulian]

I’m just glad the love fest around here can finally end.

Why does people liking a candidate bother you?

It’s not liking them that bothers me. It’s the obsession that many people seemed to have. The earlier pages of this thread are much worse.

I think it's the historic nature of her candidacy.  Plus, she had a very likable charm.  The fact that she was scandal-free, unlike the man running for governor directly to her south, was also a positive for her.

[Beet]

This race rubs me the wrong way because the Republicans engaged in voter suppression.

That being said, Abrams seems like an entitled person. When she first announced, a bunch of national orgs came in and endorsed her right away, and when her primary opponent tried to speak at DKos they were shouted down with racial appeals. Then she got a ton of media hype, including a TIME cover. Now that she has lost (and that was clear on election night), she has dragged it out and is refusing to really concede, basically acting like the sorest loser ever.

Compare that to someone like Lucy McBath, who actually has a heartwrenching personal story and took a brave stance, and redeemed a Democratic humiliation from 2017, all with far less hype. I'd much rather see McBath run for Governor in 2022 than Abrams.

[libertpaulian]

This race rubs me the wrong way because the Republicans engaged in voter suppression.

That being said, Abrams seems like an entitled person. When she first announced, a bunch of national orgs came in and endorsed her right away, and when her primary opponent tried to speak at DKos they were shouted down with racial appeals. Then she got a ton of media hype, including a TIME cover. Now that she has lost (and that was clear on election night), she has dragged it out and is refusing to really concede, basically acting like the sorest loser ever.

Compare that to someone like Lucy McBath, who actually has a heartwrenching personal story and took a brave stance, and redeemed a Democratic humiliation from 2017, all with far less hype. I'd much rather see McBath run for Governor in 2022 than Abrams.

It seems like this election cycle, all the "right" Democrats, such as Abrams, Cordray, Gillum, and O'Rourke lost, while some of the more "meh" Democrats, like Evers, Kelly, and Mills, won.

[Buzz]

Congrats to Governor Kemp!