Posted by all3 on 6/21/2017 4:10:00 PM (view original):
Posted by bad_luck on 6/21/2017 1:18:00 PM (view original):
Posted by MikeT23 on 6/21/2017 12:51:00 PM (view original):
A good loss? LOL
It's never to good to lose but if we're treating this one election as a indicator for how 2018 will go, the Dem candidate finishing a close second in a very red Georgia district is a good sign for the Dems.
The Dems are 0 for 5 in Special Elections this year. Is that a good enough indicator for you?
Try to spin it all you want, but 0 for 5 is 0 for 5, plus they've spend tons more, even though their contributions lag behind. Face it, the Dems are a rudderless ship that is sinking. Until they regroup, refocus, and find a new Captain, voters are going to continue jumping ship.
Why do special elections happen? Usually, because the President appointed the incumbent to a cabinet or director position within the administration. They President only appoints people from safe seats. He wouldn't appoint Darrell Issa, for example, because there is a good chance that seat would turn blue in a special election.
So he takes a Senator from Alabama or Congressmen from Montana and Georgia and South Carolina.
Obviously the Democrats want to win those seats and try to win those seats. But it's not realistic to expect the Democrat candidate to win a seat that was just lost 7 months ago by 24 points, which was the case in Georgia. The fact that it swung from -24 to -4 is a big turn. It bodes well for the seats in districts less conservative than Georgia's 6th.