Congressional Primary Results Megathread: AR, GA, KY & TX (Runoff) - May 22

[Strudelcutie4427]

https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/999115994642698241

Wherein we see the troll ignore primary turnout when it doesn't fit their narrative, yet shout it from the mountaintops when it does.

These seems more important:

https://twitter.com/WinWithJMC/status/999119482525245446

I can't believe people are still talking about primary voting numbers like they matter. Rapin' Roy Moore had more primary votes than Doug Jones. (262k v 109k) Even if you go back to previous wave years....it made NO difference whatsoever.

But I guess the clowntard pundits need some new shtick to turnout those page clicks

Thank you. Primaries do not measure the general election very well

[KingSweden]

https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/999115994642698241

Wherein we see the troll ignore primary turnout when it doesn't fit their narrative, yet shout it from the mountaintops when it does.

These seems more important:

https://twitter.com/WinWithJMC/status/999119482525245446

I can't believe people are still talking about primary voting numbers like they matter. Rapin' Roy Moore had more primary votes than Doug Jones. (262k v 109k) Even if you go back to previous wave years....it made NO difference whatsoever.

But I guess the clowntard pundits need some new shtick to turnout those page clicks

Thank you. Primaries do not measure the general election very well

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

WULFRIC PROJECTION - GA:

District 9
Democratic Primary

Percent   Candidate   Votes   Winner
53.4%   Josh McCall   5,809   
46.6%   Dave Cooper   5,068   
92.8% of precincts reporting (155/167)
10,877 total votes

[KingSweden]

It’s pretty remarkable that Eastman remains the only real major upset in any House primary so far

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

WULFRIC PROJECTION - TX:

District 25
Democratic Primary Runoff

Percent   Candidate   Votes   Winner
52.2%   Julie Oliver   12,005   
47.8%   Chris Perri   10,984   
100% of precincts reporting (254/254)
22,989 total votes

[Theodore]

It’s pretty remarkable that Eastman remains the only real major upset in any House primary so far

Mark Harris is a kind of an upset

[Holy Unifying Centrist]

I am pissed that David Kim lost the GA-07 primary. He was better than Carolyn.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

I am pissed that David Kim lost the GA-07 primary. He was better than Carolyn.

It goes to a runoff.

[Atlas Force]

What a collapse for Democrats.

https://twitter.com/WinWithJMC/status/999120058814271490

https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/999115994642698241

Wherein we see the troll ignore primary turnout when it doesn't fit their narrative, yet shout it from the mountaintops when it does.

These seems more important:

https://twitter.com/WinWithJMC/status/999119482525245446

One of these states has a competitive gubernatorial race and more than one competitive House race, the other state...doesn’t.

Guess which is which.

[KingSweden]

It’s pretty remarkable that Eastman remains the only real major upset in any House primary so far

Mark Harris is a kind of an upset

Ah yes that’s true. Should have clarified I meant on the Democratic side. But you’re entirely right.

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/WinWithJMC/status/999131455681978368

Again, doesn't mean anything, but interesting.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

WULFRIC PROJECTION - FINISHING UP GA:

District 6
Democratic Primary

Percent   Candidate   Votes   Winner
36.9%   Lucy McBath   10,455   
30.1%   Kevin Abel   8,524   
26.2%   Bobby Kaple   7,410   
6.8%   Steven Griffin   1,916   
78.4% of precincts reporting (163/208)
28,305 total votes

[Strudelcutie4427]

https://twitter.com/WinWithJMC/status/999131455681978368

There’s no competitive race in Arkansas for the GOP. Hutchinson was more or less unopposed and Hill was unopposed too

[Tartarus Sauce]

I'm legitimately surprised Harry Enten is pontificating on the possibility of the primary vote being a meaningful indicator of general election performance. He's usually smart enough not to fall into the same kinds of shenanigans popular among most mainstream media pundits or the hysterics on Atlas.

[Horus]

McBath and Abel are both very sub par. GA-06 goes back to Safe R.

[Tartarus Sauce]

McBath and Abel are both very sub par. GA-06 goes back to Safe R.

The national environment alone precludes making it safe R regardless of who the candidate is.

Secondly, why did you ever have it at safe to begin with?

[MAINEiac4434]

I'm legitimately surprised Harry Enten is pontificating on the possibility of the primary vote being a meaningful indicator of general election performance. He's usually smart enough not to fall into the same kinds of shenanigans popular among most mainstream media pundits or the hysterics on Atlas.

He moved to CNN, which should explain everything.

[Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

There is still one race I cannot call (TX):

District 5
Republican Primary Runoff

Percent   Candidate   Votes   Winner
53.3%   Lance Gooden   22,973   
46.7%   Bunni Pounds   20,119   
77.5% of precincts reporting (169/218)
43,092 total votes

We are waiting on 49 Precincts from Dallas, where Pounds has a 57-43 lead.

[DINGO Joe]

https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/999115994642698241

Wherein we see the troll ignore primary turnout when it doesn't fit their narrative, yet shout it from the mountaintops when it does.

These seems more important:

https://twitter.com/WinWithJMC/status/999119482525245446

And actually it looks like the final vote split in GA will be 53-47

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/ForecasterEnten/status/999115994642698241

Wherein we see the troll ignore primary turnout when it doesn't fit their narrative, yet shout it from the mountaintops when it does.

These seems more important:

https://twitter.com/WinWithJMC/status/999119482525245446

And actually it looks like the final vote split in GA will be 53-47

Yeah, the margin continues to narrow, down to 86,598 with almost all of the remaining precicents in DeKalb county.

[Sestak]

Atlas: intensely criticizing using primary vote counts as an indicator for the general more than ever while also obsessing over them more than ever.

[DINGO Joe]

Atlas: intensely criticizing using primary vote counts as an indicator for the general more than ever while also obsessing over them more than ever.

Interestingly  the gap by the time you reach the Sec of State line is about 47000, which means the Rs were less likely to vote down ballot, which is historically the opposite of what usually happens.

[DINGO Joe]

The Dekalb vote dump makes the gaps 54000 Gov and 17000 SOS.

[DINGO Joe]

Atlas: intensely criticizing using primary vote counts as an indicator for the general more than ever while also obsessing over them more than ever.

Interestingly  the gap by the time you reach the Sec of State line is about 47000, which means the Rs were less likely to vote down ballot, which is historically the opposite of what usually happens.

Yeah. I think the ~40,000 vote differential between the Gov and SOS differentials for the 2 parties is relevant to discuss. That level of undervoting could absolutely make the difference in November if it played out, not even factoring in Barrow's cross-over potential.

The SOS line is actually 10000 above the Lt Gov line, maybe there's a small subsection of He-man woman haters that skipped the all woman races and voted for Barrow.  They're Atlas material if they're out there.

[NOVA Green]

The Democratic Party is literally being taken over by women.

Not necessarily in Texas/ Tejas....

So.... it does appear that "Angry Women" achieved some significant results tonight, voting at the ballot box in significant numbers for Female Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates in Georgia and Texas....

We now have the first Latina Candidate for Governor ever in Texas/Texas, and the first Black Woman candidate for Governor ever in Georgia....

Additionally, we have a significant number of Female Democratic candidates elected in some of the marquis Democratic Party US-House elections....

There is a ton a righteous rage flowing down the Mountains from the Lava Pits of Hawaii, to the Urban Centers of the West Coast, through the "Heartlands" of the Trump Electoral College Victory in the Steel Belt of the Midwest, all the way down to the Southwest, "Deep South" and Appalachia....

This phenomenon does not appear to be exclusively confined to voters in the Democratic Primaries in '17/'18....

It likely also was a significant factor in significant Democratic Special Election wins (And major swings) from Virginia, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Alabama, PA-18, and AZ-08....

The legendary "Gender Gap" first posited by political analysis sometime in the Mid '80s at the time of Ronald Reagan has now become a reality for even Republican Congressional and Statewide Candidates running in the "Era of Trump"....

If I were a Republican Congressional Candidate running in what used to be a "safe +10-15%" Republican Gerrymandered District, I would be fearing the wrath of Women Voters, perhaps even more so than the collapse of WWC Male support....

Now, here's an old soundtrack from the days of the South African Liberation Movement from the mid '80s at the time of Apartheid... (Sorry exposing my age a bit when it comes to Social Activism and topical subjects)...

I believe I previously posted it on a thread that Virginia started regarding the impact of Female Voters at the ballot box regarding Democratic Primary and GE election results, but couldn't easily locate the thread so many posts back.

This from circa '86 from Oliver Tambo, President of the ANC ('67-'91) who was speaking about the role of women in the Revolutionary Struggle for National Liberation at that time....

Although much of the language in the Pirate Radio/ Pirate smuggled cassette tapes sounds extremely Patriarchal by current standards  (After all Oliver was born in '38), it was actually in many ways a speech that rejected many of the Patriarchal Norms that previously had dominated the History of the ANC....

Still one must certainly wonder to what extent 2018 will be the "Year of Women" in Democratic and Republican Primaries alike, and even into the General Election will play a significant factor, since Male Republicans and Male Republican Leaning Independents are increasingly starting to chill a bit on the "Era of Trump" with all of the failed promises as they gradually peel the Bumper Stickers off of their Ford F-150s, and remove the Giant American Flags that they first posted during the 'Pub '18 Primaries (YES--- I live in Trump Country and have seen this phenomenon).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMAMJDUH3xk