• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

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

Status
Not open for further replies.
B

Beartruck

Member
cameron said:
Dupe tweets were deleted.

bwneNmF.png

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump
Click to expand...
Yeah Trump, its the house democrats trying to kill healthcare, not the "mean, mean, mean" bill passed by house republicans.
 
C

cameron

Member
Lord Frieza said:
Wait, the SC special election is tomorrow, too, or did he just fuck up there?
Click to expand...

Yea, South Carolina's 5th congressional district race is tomorrow:
Voters in South Carolina's 5th Congressional District will choose their next representative in a special election on Tuesday. The election was required after President Trump tapped Republican Mick Mulvaney to become White House Budget Director.

Mulvaney's resignation from the U.S. House left a vacancy in the district that stretches from South Carolina's Upstate to the Sumter area, east of Columbia. The Republican primary in May produced a runoff in which Rock Hill developer and former longtime state legislator Ralph Norman defeated former prosecutor Tommy Pope.

Tuesday's special election pits Norman against Democrat Archie Parnell, an attorney who has worked for Goldman Sachs and the U.S. Justice Department.
Click to expand...
http://wfae.org/post/upstate-sc-voters-vote-tuesday-special-congressional-election
 
B

Beartruck

Member
RPGCrazied said:
He deleted another one this morning about his attorney on Fox & Friends. lol

He even is starting to block people he doesn't like what he reads. A sitting President, being a snowflake.
Click to expand...
Isnt there a maximum on the number of people you can block? We should try to reach it.
 
O

OrangeGrayBlue

Member
Auto_aim1 said:
I have a feeling Handel is going to lose. Some Republicans have to be demotivated after seeing all the shit going on in the White House.
Click to expand...

I think Republicans benefit to some extent by the idea that Trump isn't "really" a GOP member. Maybe I'm chicken littling here, but I get the sense that they disassociate Trump's nonsense from the party as a whole.
 
C

CrocMother

Banned
If Handel wins it will be in spite of Trump, not because of him. I'd prefer if he didn't tweet about the election at all if I were her. Only good it will do is motivate people to vote against her.
 
Z

zethren

Banned
The ads have been dirty for a while, but they're moving in HARD on the #stopossoff bullshit. They can't talk about the benefits of Handel because she is a very vanilla, weak candidate.
 
P

plagiarize

Banned
The undecided will vote their previous habits and Handel will take it. It will another huge warning sign for the GOP that they will ignore, which is a shame because if Ossoff wins they will be running scared.

And lordy I hope I'm wrong about the result.
 
A

Autodidact

Banned
Go, Jonny, go!

I will not check the results until Wednesday at midnight. I'll either be elated or disappointed, but after November my nerves just can't handle monitoring an election minute-by-minute.
 
Z

Zubz

Banned
P

Piggus

Member
RPGCrazied said:
He deleted another one this morning about his attorney on Fox & Friends. lol

He even is starting to block people he doesn't like what he reads. A sitting President, being a snowflake.
Click to expand...

I insult the prick every chance I get. I want to tell my grandkids someday that the President of the United States blocked me on Twitter.
 
M

MrNelson

Banned
DontBeThatGuy said:
Handal will probably win because voter suppression is very fucking real.
Click to expand...
Rich white people make up a majority of the district.

If she wins, it will be because a traditionally Republican district, with a large population of Republican voters, voted to elect a Republican to the seat, not because of voter suppression.
 
A

Ac30

Member
Piggus said:
I insult the prick every chance I get. I want to tell my grandkids someday that the President of the United States blocked me on Twitter.
Click to expand...
WW3 will be fought over twitter. Calling it. Then you can tell your kids about the Great Twitter Tantrum of '19
 
A

Averon

Member
My final prediction is that Ossoff will lose by 2% points. A morale booster for 2018, sure, but still another lost opportunity for a solid win.
 
Z

Zyae

Member
Lord Frieza said:
Dead Heat, it really could go either way at this point. Ossoff is going to lose, though, probably, because we're not ready for the Return of the Jedi phase of all this shit.
Click to expand...

Its not a "dead heat", hes up by about 2 which is very close. Hes just as probable to win as she is basically.
 
Z

Zyae

Member
Steve Youngblood said:
Ok. I can see your point even if it might hinge a little too much whether one thinks two points is significant.


Wait, what? I think we are operating under different definitions of what a "dead heat" is.
Click to expand...

dead heat is 50/50 odds. Hes up by 2 points which is within a polling error of losing but you'd still rather be up 2 than even or down 2?
 
V

Vanillalite

Ask me about the GAF Notebook
It's gonna be close. I think she wins late when the rich upper section of the district comes in.

I think voter turnout is gonna matter a lot either way. Polling is basically even. Turnout gonna matter more.

I also wonder how much voter apathy has set in. I know a lot of people from that district are just ready for this shit to be over. They are tired of the gazillion phone calls, canvassers, flyiers, mailers ect... especially since this is an afluent district so it's not like they are stupid/clueless that there is a special election.
 
S

Steve Youngblood

Member
Zyae said:
dead heat is 50/50 odds. Hes up by 2 points which is within a polling error of losing but you'd still rather be up 2 than even or down 2?
Click to expand...

Right. I got the argument of a two point lead not representing a literal dead heat, but was confused by the last sentence where you conclude he's just as probable to win as she is.
 
RPGCrazied

RPGCrazied

Member
Today is the day folks. If you live in district 6, please vote. Please win! We want a win! We are tired of Trump. So much corruption, so many lies, its past old. I'm rooting for you here in Texas.
 
D

Dryk

Member
Zaventem said:
Speaking of ads, this stop Jon Ossoff ad is trending on youtube currently. Somehow they tried to twist it into the violent left??
Click to expand...
"Don't vote for the person who shares the same half of the political spectrum as a violent killer. Vote for the person who thinks some people don't deserve to eat"
 
R

Remf

Member
Just did my part. Go Ossoff!!! Sick and tired of all of these fear mongering ads the republicans have been putting out...
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

Georgia's 6th Congressional District Special Election |OT| Round 2: Fight!
26 27 28 29 30
1K
198K
zethren replied
  • Locked
Reuters: In Georgia, a Democrat's 'Make Trump Furious' campaign rattles Republicans
0
2K
Mortemis replied
  • Locked
New Yorker: Can This Dem Win GA6? (Come for the article, stay for a mayor's racism)
27
5K
Viewt replied
  • Locked
GOP are becoming concerned about upcoming elections
2 3
110
15K
mcfrank replied
  • Locked
United States Congressional Special Elections
2
59
10K
Bonen no Max'd replied
Top Bottom