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

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While the drama is in Georgia tonight, I haven't seen anyone post the results page for SC-05, so here it is: https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/south-carolina-house-special-election

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Even if those numbers aren't great for Ossoff, it's a little early to be engraving his tombstone, no?

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Parnell's margins have been going down in each individual county as more of the vote has come in, and there are still Republican-leaning counties yet to report, so he's not going to win. He might make it closer than expected, though.

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Ugh. This one stings. Really makes it feel like Democrats can't win no matter what they do. I think that one lesson to take away from this is that districts like GA-06 are not the "future" of the Democratic Party, and will be much harder for Democrats to win back than districts that are more working class. Clearly, the path to a majority in the House doesn't run through Republican districts that swung to Clinton. It runs through districts like IA-01, NY-19, and ME-02. And it's also obviously the case that flipping WI/MI/PA will be much easier for Democrats than flipping AZ/GA.

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I wasn't implying that Upstate NY and IA alone can deliver Democrats the House, simply that districts with more Obama/Trump voters will probably be easier targets than districts with more Romney/Clinton voters. And while Democrats will need some suburban districts to win the House, and ones like CA-49 and VA-10 should definitely be doable, I don't think districts like TX-07 and IL-06 are more winnable than IA-01 or ME-02.