Hamparkvet wrote:
HARDLY unexpected. They elected a lily white woman who dresses like a grandma. The district is 70% white but that will be ending soon as white people slip into the minority across the country. This is simply the dying tantrum of scared white people. She wouldn't even mention the POTUS's name in her speech!!

Election results from presidential races:
Year Office Results
2000 President George W. Bush 68% - Al Gore 32%
2004 President George W. Bush 70% - John Kerry 29%
2008 President John McCain 62% - Barack Obama 37%
2012 President Mitt Romney 61% - Barack Obama 38%
2016 President Donald Trump 48% - Hillary Clinton 47%

Monroe wrote:
Well, snowflakes will melt in the rain!

bodhipooh wrote:
Regardless of where you sit in the political spectrum, you ought to be asking yourself why is the mainstream media so out of touch with the realities of the current political winds. All the way until yesterday, most outlets were predicting a loss for the Republicans that would show how support for Trump had eroded and which could be harbinger of more bad news and perhaps even the beginning of the end for his presidency. Despite a reported $23MM investment by the Democratic Party, their candidate still lost. If that kind of money can't secure an election victory, there should be some serious soul searching as to why that is, and how to fix that problem.

Now, today, much is being made about the fact that the margin of victory was slim (just a hair under 4%) and the meaning of that, but what is being ignored by most (but, surprisingly, it was highlighted by an NPR analyst) is the fact that Handel made a HUGE comeback after garnering under 20% of the general vote during the first round of voting that led to this runoff election.

Ultimately, why are CNN, NYT, and all these other news outlets, getting it so wrong in forecasting these elections? Why is the "Trump voter" so underestimated or improperly polled or missed? These are all questions that will gain more importance and urgency as the mid term elections approach.

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Monroe wrote:
The Democrat in Georgia spent 5X more than the Republican, and they still lost. How humiliating.

Few things in life are more predictable than the chances of an incumbent member of the U.S. House of Representatives winning reelection.

Exactly. It is worth noting that the incumbent had a primary challenge from a person that ran on Trump's white nationalist platform and lost.

'White nationalist platform', lol. That kind of rhetoric is what loses elections for Democrats.

bodhipooh wrote:
Regardless of where you sit in the political spectrum, you ought to be asking yourself why is the mainstream media so out of touch with the realities of the current political winds. All the way until yesterday, most outlets were predicting a loss for the Republicans that would show how support for Trump had eroded and which could be harbinger of more bad news and perhaps even the beginning of the end for his presidency. Despite a reported $23MM investment by the Democratic Party, their candidate still lost. If that kind of money can't secure an election victory, there should be some serious soul searching as to why that is, and how to fix that problem.

Now, today, much is being made about the fact that the margin of victory was slim (just a hair under 4%) and the meaning of that, but what is being ignored by most (but, surprisingly, it was highlighted by an NPR analyst) is the fact that Handel made a HUGE comeback after garnering under 20% of the general vote during the first round of voting that led to this runoff election.

Ultimately, why are CNN, NYT, and all these other news outlets, getting it so wrong in forecasting these elections? Why is the "Trump voter" so underestimated or improperly polled or missed? These are all questions that will gain more importance and urgency as the mid term elections approach.

bodhipooh wrote:
Regardless of where you sit in the political spectrum, you ought to be asking yourself why is the mainstream media so out of touch with the realities of the current political winds. All the way until yesterday, most outlets were predicting a loss for the Republicans that would show how support for Trump had eroded and which could be harbinger of more bad news and perhaps even the beginning of the end for his presidency. Despite a reported $23MM investment by the Democratic Party, their candidate still lost. If that kind of money can't secure an election victory, there should be some serious soul searching as to why that is, and how to fix that problem.

Now, today, much is being made about the fact that the margin of victory was slim (just a hair under 4%) and the meaning of that, but what is being ignored by most (but, surprisingly, it was highlighted by an NPR analyst) is the fact that Handel made a HUGE comeback after garnering under 20% of the general vote during the first round of voting that led to this runoff election.

Ultimately, why are CNN, NYT, and all these other news outlets, getting it so wrong in forecasting these elections? Why is the "Trump voter" so underestimated or improperly polled or missed? These are all questions that will gain more importance and urgency as the mid term elections approach.

bodhipooh wrote:
Regardless of where you sit in the political spectrum, you ought to be asking yourself why is the mainstream media so out of touch with the realities of the current political winds. All the way until yesterday, most outlets were predicting a loss for the Republicans that would show how support for Trump had eroded and which could be harbinger of more bad news and perhaps even the beginning of the end for his presidency. Despite a reported $23MM investment by the Democratic Party, their candidate still lost. If that kind of money can't secure an election victory, there should be some serious soul searching as to why that is, and how to fix that problem.

Now, today, much is being made about the fact that the margin of victory was slim (just a hair under 4%) and the meaning of that, but what is being ignored by most (but, surprisingly, it was highlighted by an NPR analyst) is the fact that Handel made a HUGE comeback after garnering under 20% of the general vote during the first round of voting that led to this runoff election.

Ultimately, why are CNN, NYT, and all these other news outlets, getting it so wrong in forecasting these elections? Why is the "Trump voter" so underestimated or improperly polled or missed? These are all questions that will gain more importance and urgency as the mid term elections approach.

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Monroe wrote:
The Democrat in Georgia spent 5X more than the Republican, and they still lost. How humiliating.

Few things in life are more predictable than the chances of an incumbent member of the U.S. House of Representatives winning reelection.

Exactly. It is worth noting that the incumbent had a primary challenge from a person that ran on Trump's white nationalist platform and lost.

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Monroe wrote:
The Democrat in Georgia spent 5X more than the Republican, and they still lost. How humiliating.

Few things in life are more predictable than the chances of an incumbent member of the U.S. House of Representatives winning reelection.

Monroe wrote:
The Democrat in Georgia spent 5X more than the Republican, and they still lost. How humiliating.

TheBigGuy wrote:
Wow... major electoral slap down of the democrats in GA tonight. The deplorables are at it again... time for the courts to step in and stop this miscarriage of free elections.

Wouldn't it be funny if the Russians did hack the elections in Georgia, the country, not the state by accident.

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Yvonne wrote:
Wow, you must have hunted for those images of Obama, it was not covered on the news the way the hate against Trump and Republicans is covered. It is daily, just like the witchhunt on Russia in these hearings. Let me repeat, how can you hold Trump responsible for John Podesta foolish act of changing his email password? That is how the emails got hacked.

Podesta's carelessness is ignored. No one on this board will hold any Dem responsible. Only Trump.

Yvonne wrote:
Wow, you must have hunted for those images of Obama, it was not covered on the news the way the hate against Trump and Republicans is covered. It is daily, just like the witchhunt on Russia in these hearings. Let me repeat, how can you hold Trump responsible for John Podesta foolish act of changing his email password? That is how the emails got hacked.

Yvonne wrote:
It is not cherry picking, you had Madonna saying she wanted to blow up the white house in her "pussy hat." Liberals think they are above the law and unfortunately their fans think they are gods.

I think this is great....it is exactly what needs to be done in this country to that Mooch

Yvonne wrote:
There is the rhetoric by Black Lives Matter that says, "Pigs in a blanket fry like bacon." Basically encouraging the killing of cops, the liberals are encouraging the killing of Trump and Republicans.

Yvonne wrote:
Liberals think they are above the law and...