MT-AL: Rob Quist (D) vs. Greg Gianforte (R) vs. Mark Wicks (L), May 25

[henster]

Very little seems to faze R voters they had no problem electing DesJarlais in TN over and over despite him having an affair and forcing his mistress to have an abortion. Even Michael Grimm was re electing under indictment, incompetence doesn't seem to matter either considering Brownback was re elected.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

GG Gianforte.... GG

[Angrie]

A sign this is not looking good for quist is that CNN has completely gone silent on the race

They have David Axelrod on right now talking about it, and are playing the audio..

[Rookie Yinzer]

Can we not with the posts about how awful Montana's voters are for voting for the violent thug? Nearly three quarters of them voted before it happened.

[AtorBoltox]

I'm not going to lie, I don't think the average citizen really cares about the pushing/slamming incident...

The average Republican doesn't.

[Shadows]

Greg Gianforte         91,623   47.9%   
Rob Quist                88,590   46.3%

Gianforte pulling had. I guess the initial 5/6 margin of victory will hold true !

[AtorBoltox]

Very little seems to faze R voters they had no problem electing DesJarlais in TN over and over despite him having an affair and forcing his mistress to have an abortion. Even Michael Grimm was re electing under indictment, incompetence doesn't seem to matter either considering Brownback was re elected.

Only thing that matters is the R next to the name

[Shadows]

DQ numbers -

Greg Gianforte (Republican)    48.0%   94,360
Rob Quist (Democratic)    46.2%   90,811
Mark Wicks (Libertarian)    5.7%   11,244


Gianforte-Momentum !

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

I'm not going to lie, I don't think the average citizen really cares about the pushing/slamming incident...

The average Republican doesn't.

Kyung Lah said she talked to GOP'ers who said they were encouraged by Gianforte's actions and wished someone would do that to CNN and MSNBC reporters and it encouraged some of them to come out and vote for Gianforte.

[Matty]

Is the vote coming in from all over right now or are some counties/areas over-represented?

[Beet]

Back in the day Barry lost Montana by about 2%. It's interesting how its now the voters that are the problem and not the party!

In 2008, the Democrats were still the party of 3rd way Clintonism. SJWs and hard left "progressives" sh**t the can for the Democrats.

Oh f**k off you imbecile

Right, six months of hearing "Boinie woulda won!" is getting so annoying. All the Bernie people I know voted for Clinton. Going further to the left would not have picked up anything. Emmanuel Macron, a 3rd way Clintonite centrist, won in a landslide. Whereas the Muslim-loving Corbyn is going down. But please, tell me more about how if Clinton had just been more pure she would have done better, and she lost because of her own faults rather than being pushed too far left by Sanders.

[Lothal1]

I'm not going to lie, I don't think the average citizen really cares about the pushing/slamming incident...

The average Republican doesn't.

If people can be elected despite being very publicily indicted for corruption, he can win with the ultimate October Surprise today.

[Illiniwek]

Very little seems to faze R voters they had no problem electing DesJarlais in TN over and over despite him having an affair and forcing his mistress to have an abortion. Even Michael Grimm was re electing under indictment, incompetence doesn't seem to matter either considering Brownback was re elected.

Only thing that matters is the R next to the name

[Gass3268]

One question that I don't think was ever actually answered - is early vote by mail in MT more Democratic than ED?  Like, do we actually know that this is the case in a special election in a state where its prevalence is so widespread?

What I've read is day of voting in Montana leans Dem/Indy.

[Kamala]

I'm not going to lie, I don't think the average citizen really cares about the pushing/slamming incident...

The average Republican doesn't.

Kyung Lah said she talked to GOP'ers who said they were encouraged by Gianforte's actions and wished someone would do that to CNN and MSNBC reporters and it encouraged some of them to come out and vote for Gianforte.

...

I'm at a loss for words.

[Chief Justice Keef]

Guys, it's literally a two-point difference. Can we stop making these premature calls?

[Figueira]

status quo of the last special elections:

dems are mostly doing better than thought in urban centers and rep better than in the past everywhere else.

and mt seems to be especially difficult.

That wasn't true in Kansas, no matter how many times people say it was.

[Angrie]

Is the vote coming in from all over right now or are some counties/areas over-represented?

Overrepresenting some areas. Still nothing from Petroleum County.

[Maxwell]

have we actually counted any election day vote though?

[Adam Griffin]

Gianforte just gained another half a point from somewhere (+2.3).

[Virginiá]

Leave the "3rd way vs liberal" talk out of this thread please.

[AtorBoltox]

Republicans would vote for Judas Iscariot (R) over Jesus Christ (D)

[Technocracy Timmy]

TD, it looks like the short term trends will make 2020 have just as strong of a rural GOP vs. urban Democratic divide as 2016 right?

[136or142]

Can we not with the posts about how awful Montana's voters are for voting for the violent thug? Nearly three quarters of them voted before it happened.

Gianforte has a history of violence.

[Angrie]

have we actually counted any election day vote though?

Some people say that it is all early vote. No idea how they know that though, it is not clear like in most other states.