GA-06 and SC-05 election day & results thread

[Skye]

IMO, anything other than a >5-point margin for Handel is bad for the GOP.

[Skye]

Any more Nate Cohn, et al. updates about turnout suggesting result?

Nate Cohn a few minutes ago..."the turnout model is live"

https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/georgia-congressional-runoff-ossoff-handel?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

No offence to Nate and 538...but his ''models'' were wrong about everything in 2016 and not even in just politics...they blew a bunch of sports predictions (and by bunch I mean all)

Umm...you do realize that Nate Cohn and Nate Silver are two different people, right?  Cohn is affiliated with the New York Times, not 538.

It's all the same thing. They were all repeatedly wrong about so many things with their ''models.'' Nate Silver currently holds the record for the largest polling prediction error in US election history

His model was far more generous to Trump than most other models on election day.

[Skye]

Dave Wasserman just tweeted that absentee ballots in DeKalb are not enough for Ossoff.

[Skye]

Well, all the hype for this election was fun while it lasted.

[Skye]

Well, all the hype for this election was fun while it lasted.

I think the hype for these special elections in general is ridiculous. They don't tell us anything about where the parties will do well in 2018 or what the results will look like. It's just annoying spin from BOTH SIDES™.

Yeah, but the parties spent $50 million on, and the democrats tried to turn it into a referendum on Trump (which failed, despite the relatively good results).