As a poll watcher in Villa Rica Georgia I think your numbers are wrong. I looked at 3 different poll tapes in the area and many people didn’t even bother to select a choice in the public service race. Of course at my polling place Republicans got 82% of the vote, and thought we’d win in a landslide. Boy was I wrong. Everyone remember when gas get to $4 a gallon or higher make sure we verbally thank these democrats voters. I’ll also be giving them my very own #1 salute.
God is still on the Throne ... I keep say this and I truly believe it. Two years ago we moved to the sunny state of Arizona but before that we lived in GA, and I was proud to count myself as a Conservative from GA - now I am ashamed of the direction the GA-GOP has taken. You had a chance to keep the conservative voice in play in our nations government but for some crazy reason you stayed home. Pat yourselves on the back, you've proven absolutely nothing, except that you are willing to let the rest of the nation down.
And as far as the mess we saw in Washington DC today - Republicans are suppose to be the party of the Constitution and rule of law ... What we saw happening today was not the way people who believe in United States of America should act. Shame of them!
I’m very unhappy with the Republican Party at this point in time. They are supposed to be the voices of reason, and not the party of screaming psychos. There truly is only one party in the US, and I despise them.
Just look at what your support for Donald Trump has wrought. Hundreds of thousands of dead Americans due to a pandemic that was supposed to simply fade away, and now . . . .
And now Trump is tweeting for people to support and respect the Capitol Hill police! Like the police chief in the movie Casablanca, who was shocked to find that there was gambling going on.
Commenting on the tumult now going on in Washington - incited by Trump - we now have the first instance in the entire history of this country when we did not have a peaceful transfer of power. This is where Donald Trump has brought us.
And for anyone who thinks he is doing this out of concern for our electoral process . . . please. He is clinging to that presidential seal with every fiber of his being for one very simple reason: once out of office, he is going to jail.
I find it very interesting that none of these comments attribute what just happened to that which just happened. Specifically, just before Georgians went to the polls, the entire world heard Donald Trump trying to coax honest public officials into "finding" him another 11,000 votes or so.
I have always split my ticket but now, elections are very simple for me. Anyone who supported Donald Trump gets no support from me. I think it entirely possible that in staying home, a lot of Republicans were registering their disapproval of Trump's post-election behavior in much the same way.
The republican vote was not suppressed. No one put a gun to their heads and tied them to a chair. They chose to stay home and not vote. They need to sit down and shut up for the next 4-6 years and enjoy the new progressive agenda. Did I agree with what Trump and the republicans did? Absolutely not. But I realized what the consequences of my inaction would be. I held my nose and did the right thing like a big boy.
What are the odds that Mitch McConnell can get Joe Manchin (D-VA) to switch parties? Joe has already said he won't vote to kill the filibuster, or expand the court or make PR or DC states.
Wow, roughly 170,000 less voters for Perdue, compared to general election. That's a lot! They stayed away from polls because they were disenchanted? Why would one give up the fight when not voting results in an automatic loss, election fraud or not. This rationale escapes me...
From Walt Kelley in Pogo: “We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us”
Subtracting from the turnout in the general election, about 85,000 more Democrats than Republicans showed up yesterday. That is what lost the Senate. Batten down the hatches the next few years are going to be very stormy.
Even thought the stock trades eFd them, Collins also eFd us...still, with a majority, the Rs would find a way to infight and not act like they had a majority.
Serious question for Erick or any logical Georgian. The switch went off in Virginia in the 2000s. Net influx of blue state type voters, a collapse of the state GOP all cut the solid red state switch to blue and it never will come back on. It took a couple of 2 year election cycles, but we went from from the state or George Allen, to a state tearing down Robert E Lee. Is the same thing happening to Georgia?
Or perhaps there are many Georgia voters like myself who were once reliably Republican but now vote for Democrats because of trump. Couple that with apathetic voters who compensated for our exodus but only when trump was on the ballot.
Well I worked at the polls at Clermont 14 yesterday - a still rural part of far North Georgia - and I saw my neighbors of all ages, shapes, sizes, occupations and colors march through to vote. I can tell you these people did not support either Democratic candidate. Our little district wouldn’t have swung the election but it gives me peace to know that we share the same values for our country. So I’m very happy to live where I do and know that the people around me care about our country. I lay one half of this debacle at the feet of Brian Kemp. He appointed a non-starter of a replacement for Isakson and she proved to be a weak campaigner with little vision of her own and no ability to connect with real people. The backstory on that maneuver is one I hope we’ll read someday. On its face it makes no sense. I hope he has fun negotiating with these two goons when he needs allies for Georgia in DC. They’re waiting breathlessly for Stacey-the-Suppressor to become our next Governor.
In the meantime- I don’t have a Senator who represents me, and our government is in the hands of socialist sympathizers.
I’m bitterly disappointed and weary of all this analysis of what went wrong. I may go underground for two years until a real candidate emerges who will give us back our state. Hey, Doug, are you still available?
Thank you, excellent analysis. Last I heard, Perdue had a chance, but I guess that's over. Can we go back to a Republican Party that talks about the things that matter and will actually help their voters? (Yes, I'm a Democrat but sometimes vote Republican. Now I feel like there's no sane option.)
Oh well, back to Pennsylvania, where the senate seems to have lost its mind.
As a poll watcher in Villa Rica Georgia I think your numbers are wrong. I looked at 3 different poll tapes in the area and many people didn’t even bother to select a choice in the public service race. Of course at my polling place Republicans got 82% of the vote, and thought we’d win in a landslide. Boy was I wrong. Everyone remember when gas get to $4 a gallon or higher make sure we verbally thank these democrats voters. I’ll also be giving them my very own #1 salute.
God is still on the Throne ... I keep say this and I truly believe it. Two years ago we moved to the sunny state of Arizona but before that we lived in GA, and I was proud to count myself as a Conservative from GA - now I am ashamed of the direction the GA-GOP has taken. You had a chance to keep the conservative voice in play in our nations government but for some crazy reason you stayed home. Pat yourselves on the back, you've proven absolutely nothing, except that you are willing to let the rest of the nation down.
And as far as the mess we saw in Washington DC today - Republicans are suppose to be the party of the Constitution and rule of law ... What we saw happening today was not the way people who believe in United States of America should act. Shame of them!
I’m very unhappy with the Republican Party at this point in time. They are supposed to be the voices of reason, and not the party of screaming psychos. There truly is only one party in the US, and I despise them.
Just look at what your support for Donald Trump has wrought. Hundreds of thousands of dead Americans due to a pandemic that was supposed to simply fade away, and now . . . .
This.
And now Trump is tweeting for people to support and respect the Capitol Hill police! Like the police chief in the movie Casablanca, who was shocked to find that there was gambling going on.
Commenting on the tumult now going on in Washington - incited by Trump - we now have the first instance in the entire history of this country when we did not have a peaceful transfer of power. This is where Donald Trump has brought us.
And for anyone who thinks he is doing this out of concern for our electoral process . . . please. He is clinging to that presidential seal with every fiber of his being for one very simple reason: once out of office, he is going to jail.
And he knows it.
I find it very interesting that none of these comments attribute what just happened to that which just happened. Specifically, just before Georgians went to the polls, the entire world heard Donald Trump trying to coax honest public officials into "finding" him another 11,000 votes or so.
I have always split my ticket but now, elections are very simple for me. Anyone who supported Donald Trump gets no support from me. I think it entirely possible that in staying home, a lot of Republicans were registering their disapproval of Trump's post-election behavior in much the same way.
The republican vote was not suppressed. No one put a gun to their heads and tied them to a chair. They chose to stay home and not vote. They need to sit down and shut up for the next 4-6 years and enjoy the new progressive agenda. Did I agree with what Trump and the republicans did? Absolutely not. But I realized what the consequences of my inaction would be. I held my nose and did the right thing like a big boy.
What are the odds that Mitch McConnell can get Joe Manchin (D-VA) to switch parties? Joe has already said he won't vote to kill the filibuster, or expand the court or make PR or DC states.
Wow, roughly 170,000 less voters for Perdue, compared to general election. That's a lot! They stayed away from polls because they were disenchanted? Why would one give up the fight when not voting results in an automatic loss, election fraud or not. This rationale escapes me...
From Walt Kelley in Pogo: “We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us”
Subtracting from the turnout in the general election, about 85,000 more Democrats than Republicans showed up yesterday. That is what lost the Senate. Batten down the hatches the next few years are going to be very stormy.
Even thought the stock trades eFd them, Collins also eFd us...still, with a majority, the Rs would find a way to infight and not act like they had a majority.
Serious question for Erick or any logical Georgian. The switch went off in Virginia in the 2000s. Net influx of blue state type voters, a collapse of the state GOP all cut the solid red state switch to blue and it never will come back on. It took a couple of 2 year election cycles, but we went from from the state or George Allen, to a state tearing down Robert E Lee. Is the same thing happening to Georgia?
Or perhaps there are many Georgia voters like myself who were once reliably Republican but now vote for Democrats because of trump. Couple that with apathetic voters who compensated for our exodus but only when trump was on the ballot.
Well I worked at the polls at Clermont 14 yesterday - a still rural part of far North Georgia - and I saw my neighbors of all ages, shapes, sizes, occupations and colors march through to vote. I can tell you these people did not support either Democratic candidate. Our little district wouldn’t have swung the election but it gives me peace to know that we share the same values for our country. So I’m very happy to live where I do and know that the people around me care about our country. I lay one half of this debacle at the feet of Brian Kemp. He appointed a non-starter of a replacement for Isakson and she proved to be a weak campaigner with little vision of her own and no ability to connect with real people. The backstory on that maneuver is one I hope we’ll read someday. On its face it makes no sense. I hope he has fun negotiating with these two goons when he needs allies for Georgia in DC. They’re waiting breathlessly for Stacey-the-Suppressor to become our next Governor.
In the meantime- I don’t have a Senator who represents me, and our government is in the hands of socialist sympathizers.
I’m bitterly disappointed and weary of all this analysis of what went wrong. I may go underground for two years until a real candidate emerges who will give us back our state. Hey, Doug, are you still available?
Thank you, excellent analysis. Last I heard, Perdue had a chance, but I guess that's over. Can we go back to a Republican Party that talks about the things that matter and will actually help their voters? (Yes, I'm a Democrat but sometimes vote Republican. Now I feel like there's no sane option.)
Oh well, back to Pennsylvania, where the senate seems to have lost its mind.