The last time GA-6 had a Democrat, I wasn't even born

[La Lioness Priyanka]

I am not sure why this spin that this was so winnable

Yes, HRC did well in that district and only lost by a small margin (although, obviously we can't credit her for anything) but she still lost.

I am glad we competed. We said we would compete in every election.

But let's not straight up lie about how winnable this was.

[Fresh_Start]

1. The last time they had a Democrat I wasn't old enough to vote

and I'm getting close to being an old lady

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. i'm not super young either.

[LanternWaste]

3. I hoped Ossoff would win, but I did not expect it.

I hoped Ossoff would win, but I did not expect it. I'd bet that applied to most Democrats on DU.

A lot of half-wits are unable (or unwilling?) to differentiate between hope and expectations, between hedging a bet and going all-in on one hand, and between strategy and tactics.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. i would have been overjoyed with a win, but it was looking quite unlikely

and the polls toward the end indicated a loss

[JHan]

4. Yes the spin - you have the fact the GOP had to scramble to beat off Ossoff...instead..

we get the meme Democrats failed- in a Republican stronghold... despite the momentum and a slim loss.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. stupidity or malevolence, do you think? hard to tell these days

[JHan]

7. stupid malevolence.

some people are also on a grudge-fest

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. my fav are the one who pretend they on a healing mission

while consistently flaming the primary wars

[brer cat]

10. Amen x 1000, LLP!

[JHan]

18. +++

[Hekate]

13. Stupid malevolence it is

My fellow Dems are pissing me off royally this week.

[oberliner]

9. It was winnable

He was ahead in the polls by seven points one week before election day.

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign-polls/337089-poll-dem-ossoff-leads-by-7-in-georgia-house-race

[La Lioness Priyanka]

11. in one poll, one sampling error and the poll is garbage.

it was within the margins and got tighter closer to election day.

could he have won, maybe but the probability was low. it wasn't an eminently winnable situation

[oberliner]

15. 8 different polls had Ossoff ahead throughout May and June

WSB-TV/Landmark 6/15 - 6/15 800 LV 3.5 48 50 Ossoff +2
FOX 5 Atlanta/Opinion Savvy 6/14 - 6/15 537 LV 4.2 49 50 Ossoff +1
Trafalgar Group (R) 6/10 - 6/13 1100 LV 2.9 47 50 Ossoff +3
WXIA-TV/SurveyUSA 6/7 - 6/11 503 LV 4.5 47 47 Tie
WSB-TV/Landmark 6/6 - 6/7 420 LV 4.8 47 50 Ossoff +3
Atlanta Journal-Constitution 6/5 - 6/8 745 LV 4.0 44 51 Ossoff +7
WSB-TV/Landmark 5/30 - 5/31 500 LV 4.4 48 49 Ossoff +1
WXIA-TV/SurveyUSA 5/16 - 5/20 549 LV 4.3 44 51 Ossoff +7
Gravis 5/8 - 5/10 870 LV 3.3 45 47 Ossoff +2

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2017/house/ga/georgia_6th_district_runoff_election_handel_vs_ossoff-6202.html#polls

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. except for the +7 polls all within the margin of error. could he have won, maybe

was it likely, no. was this an eminently winnable district, hell no.

[ismnotwasm]

12. Personally, I never thought it was winnable

The polls were even at their best point--something I found incredible. And of course I hoped for a Democratic win, but the practical part of me was happy with the closeness of the race.

[Tiggeroshii]

14. Me neither

We might have won if it wasn't for the shooting, but I think the gop successfully did everything the can to smear the canddatr which wasbelievable to the mvast majority of Republican and Republican laning voters in the district.

It was certainly close, which is a big deal.


But no cigar.

[LBM20]

17. But Tom Price won by 23 points. McCain and Romney won it big. So it is a DEEP RED district.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

19. that's exactly my point.

[Xolodno]

20. Let's drop the other shoe shall we?

The last time it went "D" it was a Southern "D".... which eventually joined the GOP. So you could say in a sense, it hasn't ever been "D" in a sense.

The fact that it was actually in danger and the GOP had to dump a ton of money to win it, says how much of a precarious position they are in.

I'll go further and say the attacks on the liberal wing of the Democratic Party is an attempt to move the party right for the purposes of pushing centrist legislation that the moderate GOP can get behind. Right wing conservatism has obviously failed as they control everything, but can barely get anything done as they are trying to out-conservative each other. Compromise is seen as weakness. There hope now is the moderates, but they need centrist Democrats.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. very well said