Georgia's Very Own Megathread!

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Hmm...interesting.  Controlling for that, it shows how Georgia is becoming more and more Democratic in concrete terms.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Wonderful news!

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Voted at my precinct in NW Forsyth County around 7:30.  There were a few other voters present but no line.  The poll worker who checked me in said they had 10 people waiting when the doors opened, and it had been slow but steady since then.  While I was there, an Elections Board member came in and was talking to one of the workers.  She said that it was very busy in the southern end of the county, which is not surprising since there's intense interest in a referendum on creating the city of Sharon Springs in that area.

And for the record, it's raining in NoGA.

#YouAreThe25Percent

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I disliked the idea of Abrams being nominated just hours ago, but I'm already changing my mind.
Let's roll! On to November!

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

I admittedly don’t know much about this race and haven’t read a lot of this thread but Dems are blowing heir chances by nominating far left candidates in lean red-purple states. Maybe Abrams is good for Hawaii or something but in Georgia, Evans was the right call.

All things being equal I think the moderate is the better choice but especially in this case

Many of Sherrod Brown's views are as left-wing as Abrams', yet he's been elected statewide four times in the "lean red-purple" state of Ohio.  Oh, and as a note...Ohio is whiter than Georgia, AND Georgia voted to the LEFT of Ohio in 2016.

1. Image matter more than reality. Ohio voters think of Sherrod Brown as a bipartisan moderate, not a flaming liberal. Abrams' image and rhetoric makes her seem much more socially liberal than Sherrod. However, she may turn this around some for the general; she has a long record of bipartisanship to brag about.

2. Black voters are actually less liberal on average than white voters. More Democratic=/=more liberal. Don't confuse the two.

All the said, Abrams is the best candidate who was running and I wish her luck in November! Evans seemed nice but she was running a lazy campaign; to win, we need someone who will actually put in the work and GOTV.