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In reply to the discussion: An 18 point shift in a seat R's have won since 1978 is a damn good showing! [View all]LBM20
(1,580 posts)5. This was a special election run-off. ALL turnout was down on a very rainy day to boot. You have to
look comparably. It doesn't matter that Hillary only lost to Trump by 2%. Price won by 23 points. R presidential candidates other than Trump win big. It has been red since '78.
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An 18 point shift in a seat R's have won since 1978 is a damn good showing! [View all]
LBM20
Jun 2017
OP
Absolutely. Democrats and DU need to stop beating themselves up. They "done good". . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2017
#1
Right. In fact doing what do what so many have been screaming for: Fighting hard EVERYWHERE.
LBM20
Jun 2017
#3
We all knew it was a heavy lift...but we gave it our best shot...the Carolina race was too close
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#2
Jon Ossoff got fewer votes than the Democratic candidate who lost the district to Tom Price in 2016.
oberliner
Jun 2017
#4
This was a special election run-off. ALL turnout was down on a very rainy day to boot. You have to
LBM20
Jun 2017
#5
Please tell me how it was ever going to be easy to win this very red district? It is very hard.
LBM20
Jun 2017
#18
Your title is DECEPTIVE. Only 24 votes fewer. Republicon got 66,500 votes fewer.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2017
#7
Your title is deceptive because it is less than a half truth. About a third truth.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2017
#24
Only as far as it goes. It goes less than half way to the whole truth, to the important truth. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2017
#33
"view this result positively": Your quest for perfection is the enemy of the good.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2017
#23
I admire Jon Ossoff and appreciate all the hard work that went into his campaign
oberliner
Jun 2017
#39
It is literally true that Ossoff got fewer votes than the Democrat who ran in 2016
oberliner
Jun 2017
#51
PLUS there was some vote suppression type of shenanigans courtesy of Handle.
Madam45for2923
Jun 2017
#22
Your supposed fact is not a fact. It's a 20 point swing in 8 months. Not 40 years.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2017
#42
Hey, maybe I misread the OP, but that's essentially what it seems like they were peddling.
jcmaine72
Jun 2017
#43
Ans WOW did we ever make them pay heavily to just hang on to what they already had.
L. Coyote
Jun 2017
#44