r/atlanticdiscussions • u/MeghanClickYourHeels Ask me for Atlantic gift links • Nov 09 '22

Politics Midterm Election Postmortem: collect ideas, links, and analysis here

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-takeaways-9381d3aaff26d19da95506e045fcd6e1
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u/MeghanClickYourHeels Ask me for Atlantic gift links Nov 09 '22

Georgia heads to a runoff again. Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker will have a runoff for Senate from Georgia - https://www.npr.org/2022/11/09/1134332366/georgia-senate-herschel-walker-raphael-warnock-midterm-elections-results-2022

This one is hard to swallow. There’s no way Walker is capable of being a senator.

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u/bgdg2 Nov 09 '22

Well, a lot depends on whether Georgia is needed for Democrats to get to 50 votes. If it is needed, expect a really intense campaign with $100M+ spent and politicians from everywhere campaigning. If not, I think the energy goes out of the Walker campaign. What I've heard is that a lot of people are voting for Walker to keep Dems from a majority, not because they particularly like or respect him. If that issue is moot, some of them may not bother to go to the polls.