SC-1 special election - May 7th

[Bandit3 the Worker]

How IN THE WORLD did this guy win?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

So the big question is...

Does the election of Sanford destroy the GOP's credibility even more than before?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Can't Sanford still get convicted of trespassing?

Considering he trespassed, why wouldn't he?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Expected result (i count only 4 Democrats in comparable and redder districts, and all of them (Barrow, McIntyre, Matheson and Rahall) are more conservative then ECB), but unexpected margin..  In some aspects - last year MA-06 election in reverse: as much baggage as Tierney had couldn't sink him.. The same with Sanford. Party affiliation now beats "morale" convincingly. I even think a convicted killer with "proper" letter after his name could be easily elected in a number of districts NOW.

Well, a district in Florida did elect convicted war criminal Allen West in 2010.

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Karen Tumulty ‏@ktumulty 33m
Interviewed about a dozen voters at @ColbertBuschSC home polling place in Mt Pleasant. All but one had voted for @MarkSanford #sc

Looking through the precincts, ECB only won 4 of almost 40 precincts in Mt. Pleasant. Yikes.

Isn't Mount Pleasant basically just a big exurban blob?

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Sean Trende has a neat write-up on what Sanford's win means.

I thought this was interesting:

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If this week's special election had high turnout, it would have been over for Sanford. Turnout was less than half of what it was in the 2012 regular election.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

I can't help people who don't even bother to vote. By the time I turned 18, my rights had been violated enough that I appreciated the right to vote, and couldn't wait to march into the booth and pull the big lever. It's a shame that millions of Americans don't have the same appreciation for the very activity that makes a democratic republic work.