Current Events > The special election in Georgia between Ossoff and Handle happens today

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StucklnMyPants
06/20/17 10:26:19 AM
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Pundits are saying if Ossoff wins, it's a referendum on Trump, and if Handle wins then it'll be a severe blow to Democrats.

This seat has been Republican for a long time, but the race is currently within the margin of error. What do you think is going to happen CE?
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prince_leo
06/20/17 10:31:31 AM
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if Ossoff wins, then it's a really good show for the dems in 2018
if he doesn't win, then it's just business as usual
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Were_Wyrm
06/20/17 10:31:49 AM
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We lose
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Alkaloid
06/20/17 10:34:27 AM
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Glad it's finally here. Now maybe I'll stop seeing their ads during Braves games.
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Antifar
06/20/17 10:35:54 AM
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France had like five elections between the first round of this and the runoff.
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Squall28
06/20/17 10:38:05 AM
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Alkaloid posted...
Glad it's finally here. Now maybe I'll stop seeing their ads during Braves games.


The ads have been so fucking annoying. It's goddamn everywhere.
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ChromaticAngel
06/20/17 10:41:43 AM
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Some people in the office are saying they get like 5 calls a day from both candidates.
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Ruvan22
06/20/17 11:12:21 AM
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Living in Atlanta, almost every other ad is about it.. sometimes two competing ones back to back!
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StucklnMyPants
06/20/17 12:01:07 PM
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Antifar posted...
France had like five elections between the first round of this and the runoff.

Yeah, no clue why Georgia wanted to wait two months between votes. The should have just scheduled it like two weeks after the first one when it was fresh on everyone's minds instead of drawing it out.

ChromaticAngel posted...
Some people in the office are saying they get like 5 calls a day from both candidates.

Heard on the news that more people have already voted early in the runoff, than the entire first round.
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Were_Wyrm
06/20/17 12:05:35 PM
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StucklnMyPants posted...
Yeah, no clue why Georgia wanted to wait two months between votes.

$$$
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Balrog0
06/20/17 3:49:01 PM
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GOP wins by a small enough amount that both sides argue over what ti means
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Ruvan22
06/20/17 5:34:56 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
GOP wins by a small enough amount that both sides argue over what ti means


Sadly probably this
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Butterfiles
06/20/17 9:20:14 PM
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everything about ossoff and this election is showing me the democrats have learned LITERALLY NOTHING from the presidential election
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Balrog0
06/20/17 10:05:31 PM
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I called it
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Anteaterking
06/20/17 10:07:34 PM
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Butterfiles posted...
everything about ossoff and this election is showing me the democrats have learned LITERALLY NOTHING from the presidential election


What makes you say that?

StucklnMyPants posted...
Pundits are saying if Ossoff wins, it's a referendum on Trump, and if Handle wins then it'll be a severe blow to Democrats.


Ossoff +1 doesn't say much more than Handel + 1.
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UnholyMudcrab
06/20/17 10:09:13 PM
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Anteaterking posted...
Ossoff +1 doesn't say much more than Handel + 1.

Considering the history of the district, I'd say Ossoff +1 would mean a good deal more
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Anteaterking
06/20/17 10:15:36 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
Anteaterking posted...
Ossoff +1 doesn't say much more than Handel + 1.

Considering the history of the district, I'd say Ossoff +1 would mean a good deal more


In what way? Would you consider there to be a significant difference between Handel +10 and Handel +12 when it comes to telling us how the district leans?
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Mistere Man
06/20/17 10:18:38 PM
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Who won?
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Zero_Destroyer
06/20/17 10:19:07 PM
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Mistere Man posted...
Who won?


handel
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glitteringfairy
06/20/17 10:21:03 PM
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Zero_Destroyer posted...
Mistere Man posted...
Who won?


handel

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Mistere Man
06/20/17 10:22:11 PM
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Zero_Destroyer posted...
Mistere Man posted...
Who won?


handel

Thank you sorry I had to ask my internet is acting up.
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Mark_DeRosa
06/20/17 10:26:28 PM
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Good, that'll take Reddit down a notch
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Nomadic View
06/20/17 10:27:54 PM
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Republican won.
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billcom6
06/20/17 10:37:39 PM
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Too bad they can't pay her below a livable wage.
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MetalGearSquid
06/20/17 11:02:25 PM
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lol
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Balrog0
06/20/17 11:12:10 PM
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Progressive peeps will draw all the wrong conclusions here, and democrats will continue to die
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Blackstar110
06/20/17 11:12:35 PM
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Butterfiles posted...
everything about ossoff and this election is showing me the democrats have learned LITERALLY NOTHING from the presidential election

curious about this, haven't been following closely
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Nomadic View
06/20/17 11:14:42 PM
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Butterfiles posted...
everything about ossoff and this election is showing me the democrats have learned LITERALLY NOTHING from the presidential election


What was the Democrat message with this candidate?
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Antifar
06/20/17 11:15:02 PM
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Doom_Art
06/20/17 11:17:16 PM
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Antifar posted...
https://twitter.com/mmurraypolitics/status/877331443755646976

This was quite impressive in and off itself
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tremain07
06/20/17 11:18:42 PM
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Doom_Art posted...
Antifar posted...
https://twitter.com/mmurraypolitics/status/877331443755646976

This was quite impressive in and off itself

It's really not, the dem lost and that''s all that matters, just like Clinton got the most popular votes but we don't count those votes, it doesn't fucking matter.
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Antifar
06/20/17 11:19:37 PM
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Doom_Art posted...
Antifar posted...
https://twitter.com/mmurraypolitics/status/877331443755646976

This was quite impressive in and off itself

>_> It's also not what I meant to post

https://twitter.com/andEps/status/877364020050788352
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Annihilated
06/20/17 11:20:27 PM
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Nomadic View posted...
Butterfiles posted...
everything about ossoff and this election is showing me the democrats have learned LITERALLY NOTHING from the presidential election


What was the Democrat message with this candidate?


Being moderate as hell actually. It was mostly about wasteful spending in Washington by both parties, about as conservative as a democrat usually gets. I didn't have a problem with the candidate personally but the freaking ads and text messages were way too much.
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Darkman124
06/20/17 11:21:18 PM
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Nomadic View posted...
Butterfiles posted...
everything about ossoff and this election is showing me the democrats have learned LITERALLY NOTHING from the presidential election


What was the Democrat message with this candidate?


"The democratic establishment is a good thing that you should vote for since the republican establishment is doing things you dislike"

Ossoff is basically a former intern of a lot of DNC old guard and was seen as a potential new standard bearer of those same old guard who would adhere to their message rather than the Sanders message
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Antifar
06/20/17 11:22:27 PM
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Ossoff was blander than oatmeal. The big thing they had on him (besides tying him to Pelosi and radical leftists the way they do every candidate) was that he didn't live in the district.

https://twitter.com/FalafelDad/status/877256556601106432

The Panera Bread voters will not save you.
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Doom_Art
06/20/17 11:26:25 PM
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Antifar posted...
>_> It's also not what I meant to post

https://twitter.com/andEps/status/877364020050788352

Mhm

It's disappointing.


I liked Ossoff as a person.

But he's emblematic of the Dem establishment's problems (particularly in purple business Republican districts). They need a better strategy than "HEY TRUMP IS BAD EH?"
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Anteaterking
06/20/17 11:33:41 PM
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Doom_Art posted...
They need a better strategy than "HEY TRUMP IS BAD EH?"


But Ossoff didn't really run on "Trump is Bad". He almost avoided it too much (at least in his ads).
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ChromaticAngel
06/20/17 11:46:27 PM
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tremain07 posted...
Doom_Art posted...
Antifar posted...
https://twitter.com/mmurraypolitics/status/877331443755646976

This was quite impressive in and off itself

It's really not, the dem lost and that''s all that matters, just like Clinton got the most popular votes but we don't count those votes, it doesn't fucking matter.

Dems have historically much lower midterm showings than republicans.

So this means fucking people are getting out and voting who weren't doing so before.

that's a huge deal.
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Capn Circus
06/21/17 12:00:24 AM
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The Trump Train will not be derailed. Another sad loss for Democrats and blatant Trump haters.
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