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

[Tintrlvr]

13,787 votes in DeKalb as of 3:00, about 1,000 less than R1
https://mobile.twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/877262286053941250

But with nearly three hours left. They will most likely exceed that especially in the last couple of hours when people leave work.

dekalb county democrats, for the most part, either don't work or work at jobs like wendy's and raising cane's where they can't get off from work to vote

This is northern DeKalb genius, mostly white collar, educated, and suburban, not the inner city part.

Don't use "inner city" as a synonym for "mostly black" or for "poor". There is no part of DeKalb County that is in the middle of a city.

[Tintrlvr]

Why does everyone pronounce it "DeKab" even though it's Dekalb?

Jonathan Orr-Stav from Quora says:

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Yes, although it's the Georgia county/city that are pronounced weirdly. E.g., here in Brooklyn, which has a major avenue and a subway stop with the name, "DeKalb" is definitely pronounced with an 'L' sound by everyone (including that great arbiter of pronunciation, the subway announcement system).