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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI voted for Ossoff in early voting today. The polls have been very
active and Ossoff's people are all over the neighborhoods. Let's turn Georgia blue!
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I hope he can get 50% to avoid a runoff. It would be so sweet to win that seat.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)everything from local to state and federal. We need to get some State legislatures in time for the next census to clean up some Gerrymandering.
Cosmocat
(14,564 posts)nm
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)and went to a couple of events. This is exciting. I think my vote may finally count.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Fingers crossed.
Different Drummer
(7,617 posts)We need to do all we can to turn Georgia completely blue. How sweet it would be!
gademocrat7
(10,658 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)I guess. Said the average contribution to the campaign is $42; said there is a chance to win it outright without a runoff in June.
Ligyron
(7,633 posts)Looks like the only way he could lose is if it's rigged somehow.
JHan
(10,173 posts)japple
(9,828 posts)the good Dems in Dist. 6!
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)the General E... Sooooooooooo Disappointed...
I seem to remember them from Swing States Especially.
Im praying to my Lord Jesus That Ossoff wins... and Im Jewish, but desperate for a God who reigns over elections..
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)still_one
(92,209 posts)many folks who identified as progressive voted green and that made all the difference.
Hillary lost Michigan by .3%. Jill Stein received 1.1% of the vote in Michigan. Similar results in Wisconsin, and the other critical swing states.
Here is the Salon link:
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/14/john-ossoff-is-doomed-democrats-hopes-in-georgia-are-fading-as-a-runoff-election-looms/
I hope they are proved wrong and Ossoff wins
gabeana
(3,166 posts)pretty shoddy writing, her analysis is off , mentions it but doesn't put it in her analysis of how close it was that the district in 16 and how unpopular Trump is
thanks for the link though, interesting perspective and I hope they are wrong too
still_one
(92,209 posts)how angry they are with trump
gabeana
(3,166 posts)the writer didn't seem to factor that in
gabeana
(3,166 posts)is letting the writer have it
still_one
(92,209 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)iluvtennis
(19,861 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Vogon_Glory
(9,118 posts)I hope that Mr. Ossoff clears 50% of the first round of voting and that the nay-sayers will be proved wrong.
calimary
(81,298 posts)Cha
(297,275 posts)make a great Rep!
Demsrule86
(68,582 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)Sadly, I am represented by Joe you lie Wilson, who is securely gerrymandered
and not on the ballot this month.
But all luck possible to Ossoff and my Jawja neighbors. This would be a huge win.
aikoaiko
(34,170 posts)Hope it helped for the win!!!!
gabeana
(3,166 posts)are the odds with Ossof in his favor?
basically should the Dems take the district?
Warpy
(111,267 posts)I know the Republican brass are shaken up by how close it was in Kansas last week.
I would prefer to have them experience sheer terror. That way, they'll make more mistakes.
Cattledog
(5,915 posts)It was originally meant to insure the white domination of elections.
DavidDvorkin
(19,479 posts)Cattledog
(5,915 posts)States using runoffs for statewide or federal office
The following states use runoffs for statewide or federal offices.
Alabama
50% threshold in primaries
Arkansas 50% threshold in primaries
Georgia 50% threshold in primaries and 50% threshold for general elections for certain statewide offices
Louisiana 50% threshold in federal primaries and conditional runoff with 50% threshold in "cajun primary" system for state elections
like governor
Mississippi 50% threshold in primaries. Gubernatorial candidates must surpass 50% in general elections or the legislature selects the winners.
North Carolina 40% threshold in primaries
Oklahoma 50% threshold in primaries
South Carolina 50% threshold in primaries
South Dakota 35% threshold for primaries for federal office and governor
Texas 50% threshold in primaries
Vermont No federal runoffs, but candidates for governor and certain other statewide offices must surpass 50% to avoid legislature electing winner.
Washington
State and federal system where two candidates advance from primary to general election.
riversedge
(70,239 posts)WhiteTara
(29,718 posts)I'm not watching tv and I'm hoping for him even though he hasn't broken the 50% threshold.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,010 posts)And I don't live in Georgia
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Calista241
(5,586 posts)But I'm not going to hold my breath as I lived through the high hopes and then crushing defeat of both Jason Carter and Michelle Nunn a few years ago.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)But Georgia 6 is much more diverse than it used to be. Those "us" have moved further into the Great White North, i.e. into Cherokee County.
MojoWrkn
(139 posts)red state) but I hope to see more Dems elected for next term!