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

[ApatheticAustrian]

Massive swing to the Democrats in SC 05. That's pretty amazing.

yeah but according to Taniel from Daily Kos, 2 of the 3 reporting counties are the most heavily pro-Dem and afro-american.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Should Perez be fired after this? Spending this much on a congressional race and losing is embarrassing.

Perez/DNC didn't fully fund Ossoff. A lot of that was from small donors.

Over $6 million came from the DCCC.

[Mr.Phips]

Democrats should seriously consider dumping Pelosi after this.  The woman has terrible political instincts  (i.e. cap and  trade)and Republicans have been able to effectively wrap her around the necks of Democrats even as a minority leader.

[Yank2133]

Should Perez be fired after this? Spending this much on a congressional race and losing is embarrassing.

Perez/DNC didn't fully fund Ossoff. A lot of that was from small donors.

DCCC is also responsible for funding, not the DNC.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Maybe the fact that the SC race didn't get much national attention actually helped Democrats? (like in KS)

I think there may be something to this.  Turnout in SC was reported to be low, which means that the more energized party (D's in this environment) is going to have better turnout.  In GA-6, there was so much attention on the race that it energized both parties -- which would cancel out the enthusiasm advantage that the D's might otherwise have.

[Confused Democrat]

Have the mail votes been counted at all? Cause those could conceivably push Ossoff into the lead.

Yes

[Lachi]

Massive swing to the Democrats in SC 05. That's pretty amazing.

yeah but according to Taniel from Daily Kos, 2 of the 3 reporting counties are the most heavily pro-Dem and afro-american.

2 of the 3 reporting counties?? You seem to have outdated info as most counties are starting to report now.

[MAINEiac4434]

The county that everyone should be watching in SC is Chester, which hasn't released anything. Trump won by five points there, the only close county in the district (the rest were either strongly Trump or strongly Clinton).

[GeorgiaModerate]

Have the mail votes been counted at all? Cause those could conceivably push Ossoff into the lead.

He needs a huge advantage in them (which is possible) to mitigate Handel doing better than expected in the in-person EV.

[swf541]

Massive swing to the Democrats in SC 05. That's pretty amazing.

yeah but according to Taniel from Daily Kos, 2 of the 3 reporting counties are the most heavily pro-Dem and afro-american.

GOP is underpermoing in York County by about 6% so far compared to the 2016 congressional race if i did the math right

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

John King said Ossoff is doing worse than expected.

[Adam Griffin]

Handel still holding just inside of recanvass range:

Karen Handel (Republican)    50.4%   65,371
Jon Ossoff (Democratic)    49.6%   64,243

[MAINEiac4434]

Massive swing to the Democrats in SC 05. That's pretty amazing.

yeah but according to Taniel from Daily Kos, 2 of the 3 reporting counties are the most heavily pro-Dem and afro-american.

GOP is underpermoing in York County by about 6% so far compared to the 2016 congressional race if i did the math right

Don't forget the huge swing in Kershaw.

[swf541]

Early returns in Union county which Mulvaney won is going for Parnell too

[krazen1211]

Maybe the fact that the SC race didn't get much national attention actually helped Democrats? (like in KS)

Dems like these low turnout specials.

[Confused Democrat]

There's no way Parnell wins, it'd be absurd.

[Oryxslayer]

Handel still holding just inside of recanvass range:

Karen Handel (Republican)    50.4%   65,371
Jon Ossoff (Democratic)    49.6%   64,243

Where from?

[Confused Democrat]

Have the mail votes been counted at all? Cause those could conceivably push Ossoff into the lead.

Yes

Not yet

Oh I thought they were, nvm.

[GlobeSoc]

either ddhq or nyt are lying.

[MAINEiac4434]

Archie Parnell 2020

[BlueDogDemocrat]

I think at this point I might be rooting more for Parnell than Ossoff

[MT Treasurer]

Say what you want about the New Tork Times, but nothing beats their election results pages and maps.

[Suburbia]

Parnell will lose, but South Carolina Democrats may get a bright spot.

[windjammer]

Say what you want about the New Tork Times, but nothing beats their election results pages and maps.

^^^^

[Dr. Arch]

Don't DO THIS to me Archie.