Watching the long degeneration of the Republican Party (trust me, it began even before Goldwater) is extremely painful, especially if you read a lot about 19th century American history, about why and how the Republican Party was formed and what it used to stand for (Hint: it was supposed to be a liberal political party).
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@Magnus I’m not on social media (other than here to annoy you). But would love to know how you find such tweets. It’s an impressive skill set.
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GOP Senators are underperforming in large counties. Sorted by size, the GOP are under their November numbers in the largest 18, the first county where they are exceeding November % is Coweta, and it is another 21 down before there is another. Rural counties down 1-2%, but urban Republicans are not showing up.
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Arminius either with impressive intimate knowledge of counties in Georgia, or have equally impressive sources 
To be honest, if you had that knowledge on your own without reading a source today, then I bow my head deep in admiration !
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I once saw @Arminius win $200K on Jeopardy with “What is Muscogee County?”
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I have some solid ones, very reliable people/sources. Then I check what they re-tweet, check those sources and the ones associated with them, read more than a bit. If impressed, I “remember” them. I now have a fairly big spider web of reliable sources both when it comes to geopolitics and normal politics.
I do it the hard way too, I don’t actually have a twitter account. This is because I don’t want to be blocked by anyone if I read about wars (because those reporting about wars are biased and will block you if you follow “enemy” sources usually). So I work a bit like a journalist concerning sources. It isn’t very difficult but takes time and some filtering ability (most of what you read on twitter is noise, and you have to learn to ignore it).
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Not that intimate, but I lived north of Atlanta for a couple of years and have a decent knowledge of the state. But I am dumping the data in and sorting it to see some of this. Watching an election is more interesting with a spreadsheet ready.
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There is no political will to educate when the system is broken on favour of one of the Parties.
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Good point. I’m left in my politics over here for sure, but I don’t mind and respect a decent, conservative (small c) political party, and it seems quite American - good values, pro business, etc.
However… and it is a massive however…
The Republican Party has lost its way. It has chosen a brutal, suppressive, narrow path. The basic demographics of the country show that you have to enlarge the tent and appeal to more people, or you will become extinct. To stave that off, they have gerrymandered and used every dirty trick in the book to hold onto power and/or remain relevant.
What we are seeing in Georgia - a red state if ever there was one, is a microcosm of the country as a whole. It is changing! Young people. Black people. Latino people. LGBTQ people. Etc.
Wealthy white boomers can’t run the show forever. Enlarge your tent or go the way of the dinosaurs!
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Coffee County finally reported, CNN will never mention them again.
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You are all scaring me because I’m the only normal person here.
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GOP now ahead in both races, est. 79% counted. GOP presumably wants to STOP THE COUNT!!!
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Chatham County (Savannah) is another area that is going to add a chunk of Democrat votes. Not 100k or anything, but maybe 25k.
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This is where @cynicaloldgit would say something unoriginal like you are John King and I claim my £5.
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Sure, I agree with you. But, for me, the reason why such degeneration is far worse than the downfall of say, a typical European conservative party, the GOP was not founded as a conservative political party/movement, but an anti-slavery progressive one.
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Mrs @Alright_Now: “John King has impressive suits. Wonder why he isn’t married?”
I may switch to MSNBC
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Howling!!!
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Running the analysis for the GOP - the biggest counterpunch on the board for the Republicans is Columbia County (outside Augusta). One of the very few places they are outperforming November (by a lot, 22%), they could net 35k there.
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King is starting to use “however” far too many times for my liking
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