Republicans have a traditional margin of +8 and won by +7.
That means that your THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS bought one lousy percentage point.
IT WAS NOT A CLOSE RACE
Nope that's not correct.
"Handel led Ossoff by 4.8 percentage points with more than three-fourths of the 6th District's precincts having reported their results at 10 p.m. ET, in the most expensive House race in US history.
It was a much closer margin than the 20-plus point wins typically posted by former Rep. Tom Price -- whose departure to become Trump's health and human services secretary created the vacancy."
Republican Karen Handel wins Georgia House special election - CNNPolitics.com
It was a
chin scrapper in Georgia terms.
Here's South Carolina--who was all in the tank for Trump 8 months ago.
South Carolina’s fifth district is 19 percentage points more Republican than the rest of the country. Trump won handily here. Mulvaney, who is a founding member of the far-right Freedom Caucasus of the Republican party, won by landslides in each of his elections. Mulvaney beat his last Democratic opponent by 20 points, The Herald reported Tuesday."
Special Election In South Carolina's Fifth, Frank Underwood's District, Overshadowed By Georgia
Results:
Ralph Norman R 52.6%
Archie Parnell D 47.9% a difference of 4.7 points
(Parnell wasn't even supposed to get close to Norman.)
Since these are both deep red states, it's not looking good for Senate and House Republicans who will be running in blue & purple states in 2018.
Losing ONE POINT IS NOT CLOSE
It sure is in a district that should not have been competitive to begin with.
Really? The NY Times called it a referendum. The vast majority of polls predicted a win for the loser. Keep it up. Do not moderate. Follow the hard line leftists. Please!
The polls are always wrong--but real vote has been counted--and in a heavily populated Republican district that voted just 8 months ago with the Republican winning by more than 20+ points--in the same district, and only winning by 4.7 points tells the story of what is going on in the South today.
These are two very red states--and like one said person said (make sure you whistle while you're walking by the graveyard.)