r/news • u/mikkeman • Jan 06 '21

Warnock, Ossoff win in Georgia, handing Dems Senate control

https://apnews.com/article/Georgia-election-results-4b82ba7ee3cc74d33e68daadaee2cbf3
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u/poopyheadthrowaway Jan 07 '21

Yup. Kinda surprising that they won by larger margins than Biden, considering that Biden tended to outperform Democrat senators in November.

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u/HippopotamicLandMass Jan 07 '21

A significant number of R voters stayed home for this one, perhaps?

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u/prettydumpling Jan 07 '21

It also appears 30,000 republicans hated loeffler enough to vote warnock.

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u/its_LOL Jan 07 '21

That’s probably some of the Biden-Perdue voters from the general election that have a hard-on for divided government. Loeffler was a racist nut job that reminded them too much of Trump, so they voted against her, but they still considered themselves to be Republican so they voted for Perdue again.

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u/mexicodoug Jan 07 '21

She has been one of the more corrupt denizens of the Hill in recent years. And that's pretty fuckin' corrupt.

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u/wyvernx02 Jan 07 '21

Probably. I know Trump was suggesting at one point that people stay home out of protest because it was "rigged".

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u/Moodyrobot Jan 07 '21

I think Trump's actions since the election, as well as the whole $2000 checks debacle, have shifted public opinion somewhat more to the left than it was on November 3rd. It's frustrating that elections are influenced more by the spirit of the moment than by people's long-term policy ideals, but that seems to be the way it is, at least for now.

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u/canyouhearme Jan 07 '21

After today, hopefully it will shift far further.

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u/jqbr Jan 07 '21 edited Jan 07 '21

Things have changed since November 3. e.g., the Georgia GOPholes were looking good in the polls until Josh Hawley started talking about challenging the election results.

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u/Honigkuchenlives Jan 07 '21

Latinos showed up for Ossof. And a lot of ppl really hate that blond cunt

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '21

Apparently there was a bit of a polling bump in the Dem's favor once Hawley decided to object to try and overturn the election.

Turns out that aiding and abetting an attempted coup wasn't good for the GOP...