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Georgia special election heads to runoff as Ossoff earns 48% of vote

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Herr Schwarz said:
They aren't really sucking up any of the vote from Ossof so far, not any significant numbers by the looks of it.

lol that indie guy has 1 vote so far, that must suck. It was probably him.
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Actually, they have sucked up 1% of the vote so far.

Nate Cohn:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/04/18/us/politics/georgia-special-election-live.html
One tiny note to keep in mind: So far, 1 percent of the early vote has gone to the no-name Democratic candidates in the race (there are four others on the ballot). That could be quite painful to Democrats if Ossoff finishes at 49 percent or so.
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Rentahamster said:
For those of you who were following this race more closely, what factors went into play so that the original (5?) Democrats were whittled down to just Ossof? Did they go willingly? Pushed out? Organically decided? It's an interesting contrast to the Republicans' strategy in this race.

edit: Oh wait, they're still on the ballot. Was it too late to take them off? Or are they actually still trying?
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Well the republican strategy to the race was quite similiar to the primary run. They seem to enjoy fielding a lot of candidates.

Ossof I think was just endorsed most and got a lot of steam from the party.
 
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FloydtheFathead said:
Trying to get the other slot in case of a runoff I'm guessing?
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Nah, they weren't going to beat Ossoff or Handel either way. You've got three distinct groups that run in Special Elections:
1. Party members looking to win, or raise their profile
2. Candidates looking to raise the profile of a particular policy. Often these are the weird, kooky or single issue folks
3. Dead-weight, encouraged or funded by the opposition party to suck votes from a candidate viewed as the strongest horse in the race.
 
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Chumly

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Rentahamster said:
For those of you who were following this race more closely, what factors went into play so that the original (5?) Democrats were whittled down to just Ossof? Did they go willingly? Pushed out? Organically decided? It's an interesting contrast to the Republicans' strategy in this race.

edit: Oh wait, they're still on the ballot. Was it too late to take them off? Or are they actually still trying?
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It's a jungle primary. Top two people go in a runoff unless you get 50% of the vote. So by the nature of the election sometimes you only need 10-25% of the vote to be "the" candidate. This attracts a ton of people

Edit: California already held one or is holding one soon that has like 20 democratic candidates
 
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One tiny note to keep in mind: So far, 1 percent of the early vote has gone to the no-name Democratic candidates in the race (there are four others on the ballot). That could be quite painful to Democrats if Ossoff finishes at 49 percent or so.
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Preparing myself for this very scenario.
 
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Conor Sen‏ @conorsen

BREAKING: Ashford Park Elementary in DeKalb reports. Ossoff with 53.0% of 827 votes cast. Hillary got 45.6% here.
 
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rjinaz said:
Conor Sen‏ @conorsen

BREAKING: Ashford Park Elementary in DeKalb reports. Ossoff with 53.0% of 827 votes cast. Hillary got 45.6% here.
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#FIGHTBACK

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That indie guy I did some looking into his platform and what he's about. Turns out he's a big Science guy!

200px-Andre_Pollard.jpg


His top 4 campaign platform bullet points :

1.Promote more women into technology
2.Promote more inner city youths into technology
3.Promote more legacy workforce into technology
4.Promote more welfare recipents into technology

lol hmmm who does this guy remind me of...

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Nate_Cohn: Ossoff at 57% in the Cobb County early vote. That's more impressive than the DeKalb tally. Ossoff on track for 2/3 of the EV
 
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Herr Schwarz said:
That indie guy I did some looking into his platform and what he's about. Turns out he's a big Science guy!

200px-Andre_Pollard.jpg


His top 4 campaign platform bullet points :

1.Promote more women into technology
2.Promote more inner city youths into technology
3.Promote more legacy workforce into technology
4.Promote more welfare recipents into technology

lol hmmm who does this guy remind me of...

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SuhI_jabtE8/hqdefault.jpg[MG][/QUOTE]
Very cool but he looks awful in that suit. Its sad but that alone is all some people need to see.
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Herr Schwarz said:
Well the republican strategy to the race was quite similiar to the primary run. They seem to enjoy fielding a lot of candidates.

Ossof I think was just endorsed most and got a lot of steam from the party.
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Looking back at some older articles, yeah it seems that way. I thought there might have been something I missed though.

Chumly said:
It's a jungle primary. Top two people go in a runoff unless you get 50% of the vote. So by the nature of the election sometimes you only need 10-25% of the vote to be "the" candidate. This attracts a ton of people

Edit: California already held one or is holding one soon that has like 20 democratic candidates
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I know how this election is structured, but I was just wondering about any of the inside mechanizations and strategizations that the state party structures used, if at all.
 
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PhoenixDawn said:
"FAKE, illegal immigrants voted, etc,etc,etc" probably
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If he wins 50% +1, that will be the Conservative narrative.

Either way, if Ossoff wins he is responsible for being the Dems new point-man for trolling Trump. Just plan to send a daily tweet laughing at Trump's tiny baby hands.
 
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Carpe Carnim said:
If he wins 50% +1, that will be the Conservative narrative.

Either way, if Ossoff wins he is responsible for being the Dems new point-man for trolling Trump. Just plan to send a daily tweet laughing at Trump's tiny baby hands.
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Thats not what appeals to his district. Maxine Waters can do that (and I am proud to call her my congresswoman)
 
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Chumly

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Rentahamster said:
Looking back at some older articles, yeah it seems that way. I thought there might have been something I missed though.


I know how this election is structured, but I was just wondering about any of the inside mechanizations and strategizations that the state party structures used, if at all.
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Even when the state party effectively endorses a candidate I think the most of the rest of the candidates don't give a shit and don't care if they are the Ralph Nader of the election.
 
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