Crysta Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) For those paying attention to Georgia: expect this to be a re-run of election night. Expect a GOP advantage in the votes reported first because more Republicans vote on election day (and these votes are counted before early voting and absentee) and conservative counties are likely to report results faster. We're not likely getting a clear winner tonight, either. Also expect the usual suspects to cry foul again if Dems manage to pull off a win after coming back from behind. Again. EDIT: okay i might have to take that back, this is going much faster than it did on election night Edited January 6, 2021 by Crysta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Tarrasque Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Crysta said: For those paying attention to Georgia: expect this to be a re-run of election night. Expect a GOP advantage in the votes reported first because more Republicans vote on election day (and these votes are counted before early voting and absentee) and conservative counties are likely to report results faster. We're not likely getting a clear winner tonight, either. Also expect the usual suspects to cry foul again if Dems manage to pull off a win after coming back from behind. Again. EDIT: okay i might have to take that back, this is going much faster than it did on election night Even so, we can still expect those clowns to continue instigating the crazies and propping up violence. "They stole the presidency and then they stole the senate with that phony runoff" Btw, you gotta love how he suggests that they need Republicans with the Senate control to undo the system and yet they had total control during the first 2 years of Trump... Edited January 6, 2021 by Dr. Tarrasque Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crysta Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 sure, but they won't have the red mirage to bank on this time -- i think they've counted the early vote/absentee first this time around and trump's/the gop's undermining of the electoral process will probably be responsible for their loss if republicans that normally would go to the polls stay home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acacia Sgt Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Gotta say, wasn't expected the count would have the Democrats leading this early. Though it'd be like in November with the red mirage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interdimensional Observer Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I'm keeping my head stuck in the ground for these runoffs. Georgia barely turned a very purplish blue with Orange as the presidential opponent. Senators who aren't as caricature might be able to edge it out. And, Democrats need both seats, one is symbolic of purple yes, but not gonna stop the prevention of legislation. The Republicans have the easier time of being able to miss one and win. That, and I'm still exhausted from election week. I'll be looking away until Inauguration Day, I don't need to know who that isn't the New York Borgias gets into the second wave of pardons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crysta Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) we're in that weird zone again where the repubs have pulled ahead but all the smart people who are watching the numbers are sounding more and more confident of a dem victory was kind of hoping we'd just stay barely ahead the whole way through but i guess should know better by now Edited January 6, 2021 by Crysta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acacia Sgt Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) Didn't expected it, but neither am I surprised. What surprises me, however, is that significant margin of split tickets. Admittedly, I don't know much about the senators and the challengers... but really? How can there be that big of a number of splits, specially with control of the senate hanging in the balance? Edited January 6, 2021 by Acacia Sgt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crysta Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 rip this guy's mentions it IS really weird that ossoff is struggling so much more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Raven Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, Crysta said: it IS really weird that ossoff is struggling so much more It's incumbency and Ossoff being 33. I guarantee it. Loeffler is not a true incumbent. She was never elected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Branniglenn Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 While we sit here, clutching our pearls at election results, we should perhaps be reminded that runoff elections are a moronic system built to keep blacks out of Congress in states with disproportionately high black populations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crysta Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 1 minute ago, Glennstavos said: While we sit here, clutching our pearls at election results, we should perhaps be reminded that runoff elections are a moronic system built to keep blacks out of Congress in states with disproportionately high black populations and yet it's helped us elect the first black senator of that state since reconstruction (and second ever) meaning they'll try to get rid of it by 2022 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acacia Sgt Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 And there's the comeback... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crysta Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 yep it's over gj georgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewyn Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 43 minutes ago, Crysta said: yep it's over gj georgia Warnock is leading true, but Purdue is leading in the other race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Raven Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 the nyt needle is the mvp that needle kept moving left as the republicans got more votes. turns out you need trump on the ticket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunwoo Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I haven't really been following the election in Georgia. Although I'm guessing it hasn't ended, what do the final results seem to look like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acacia Sgt Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 2 minutes ago, Sunwoo said: I haven't really been following the election in Georgia. Although I'm guessing it hasn't ended, what do the final results seem to look like? Democrats take both Senate seats. The Ossoff-Perdeu race might end up in recount territory, but there may still be a chance it doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunwoo Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Acacia Sgt said: Democrats take both Senate seats. The Ossoff-Perdeu race might end up in recount territory, but there may still be a chance it doesn't. Huh, if that ends up being true, that's super promising. Although super narrow margins of victory also make me super nervous. Apparently, the Democratic candidate in my district lost by literally 333 votes what the fuck So, uh, yeah. As long as the margin of victory/defeat isn't so ridiculously close like that, I'll be reassured. Edited January 6, 2021 by Sunwoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Raven Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I know Wasserman called it. Basically massive underperformance in red districts and black people / white suburbanites saving the day. The weirdest coalition I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotari Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Sunwoo said: Huh, if that ends up being true, that's super promising. Although super narrow margins of victory also make me super nervous. Apparently, the Democratic candidate in my district lost by literally 333 votes what the fuck So, uh, yeah. As long as the margin of victory/defeat isn't so ridiculously close like that, I'll be reassured. When people say every vote counts, it's not just an empty platitude. All the votes really do count. Even in a first past the post system it contributes to the data. And sometimes things do really get that down to the wire (course a representative system is still preferable, though ultimately every system is going to have some level of first past the post element to it). Edited January 6, 2021 by Jotari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excellen Browning Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Ossoff in the lead as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crysta Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 yay maybe no recount Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Raven Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Time to start calling senator van Hollen's officd with every bill I want passed in 3 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRay Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Hope we can tie the Senate. When 2022 comes around, can we actually take the Senate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acacia Sgt Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, XRay said: Hope we can tie the Senate. When 2022 comes around, can we actually take the Senate? Via previous trends, maybe, but then you lose the House. Better start working on that as well... losing seats these elections is a warning sign. Edited January 6, 2021 by Acacia Sgt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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