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*HUGE BREAKING NEWS POLL* OH 12 O'CONNOR (DEMOCRAT) 47% BALDERSON (ALL RUSSIA PEOPLE's FRONT ) 46% (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 OP
GOTV! dalton99a Aug 2018 #1
Turn out to vote tomorrow and bury him. bearsfootball516 Aug 2018 #2
As I posted on another thread, what's really HUGE here, (IMO) is that... PearliePoo2 Aug 2018 #3
So. Trump helped! dchill Aug 2018 #4
Would be fantastic to win this one awesomerwb1 Aug 2018 #5
I like your repeated use of "ALL RUSSIA PEOPLE's FRONT" instead of GOP gristy Aug 2018 #6
From the link: "Power of the President on Display" workinclasszero Aug 2018 #7
It's Ohio, edhopper Aug 2018 #8
If this is a blue wave year workinclasszero Aug 2018 #9
K&R ! stonecutter357 Aug 2018 #10
Don't Get Too Far Out Over Your Skiis DoctorJoJo Aug 2018 #11
Please don't try to depress the vote louis c Aug 2018 #13
Did you see my Rocky reference ? DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #17
Depress It?? DoctorJoJo Aug 2018 #19
Whenever you infer that there is a fix in an election louis c Aug 2018 #20
I have the same reaction. bearsfootball516 Aug 2018 #32
Got an email asking for help for O'Connor.................... turbinetree Aug 2018 #12
I got it too NastyRiffraff Aug 2018 #16
My next donation goes to Bill Nelson ................. turbinetree Aug 2018 #18
If he wins it will be because of fine folks like you! workinclasszero Aug 2018 #38
:) NastyRiffraff Aug 2018 #45
Best of luck to Danny O'Conner and Ohio Dems FakeNoose Aug 2018 #14
I don't want to get my hopes up like I did with Hillary kimbutgar Aug 2018 #15
Danny Boy! honest.abe Aug 2018 #21
This is OH and we have to win by a lot to even have a chance Botany Aug 2018 #22
That is unusual True Blue American Aug 2018 #31
Vote vote vote mountain grammy Aug 2018 #23
Keep pushing that All Russia People's Front bucolic_frolic Aug 2018 #24
This will be HUGE if Dems win and even if it is a narrow defeat book_worm Aug 2018 #25
Some people don't get that. We're playing with house money. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #30
Cavalry to the rescue in the form of a blue wave.🌊🌊🌊 oasis Aug 2018 #26
Turn on the jets, this is warp speed time bucolic_frolic Aug 2018 #27
1% difference? Sorry but that's too close for me. YOHABLO Aug 2018 #28
The Republican who retired it won it by 37 points in 2016. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #29
"we will have the greatest mid terms in the history of the republic" workinclasszero Aug 2018 #39
Doug Jones won his election by 2 points. Connor Lamb won by less than 1 percent. bearsfootball516 Aug 2018 #33
Both miracle victories. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #35
Exactly. Democrats weren't supposed to be competitive in either race. John Fante Aug 2018 #40
This is like Rocky and Rocky ll. We either get a moral victory or a real one. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2018 #43
I worry about the integrity of vote tallies in Ohio n/t pecosbob Aug 2018 #34
I think that's a legitimate worry, particularly . . . peggysue2 Aug 2018 #36
More like Rocky IV oberliner Aug 2018 #37
I think that moves the mid-terms from "Blue Wave" to lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #41
Hold up is that the Russian People's Front or the People's Front of Russia apnu Aug 2018 #42
I have a friend in the district spinbaby Aug 2018 #44

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
3. As I posted on another thread, what's really HUGE here, (IMO) is that...
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 10:49 AM
Aug 2018

The independents and undecideds are BREAKING for O'Conner!!

Yeah baby!



 

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)
11. Don't Get Too Far Out Over Your Skiis
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:32 AM
Aug 2018

Remember, this is Ohio where the Repuke vote count corrupters have the final say!

 

louis c

(8,652 posts)
13. Please don't try to depress the vote
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:48 AM
Aug 2018

These types of posts of "your vote won't really count" is what the other side wants.

I am always skeptical of these "depress the vote" posts, close to a very important election, from a low post count DUer without a gold star contribution. Well, just saying.

We're trying to get the vote out and your posting the election is fixed.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
17. Did you see my Rocky reference ?
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:02 PM
Aug 2018

Do we get a moral victory or a real one ? The Republican congressman who retired won that district by 37 points in 2016. This race wasn't on the radar a month ago.

The whole overarching theme of the Rocky franchise is winning is great but so so is giving your best and losing valiantly.

 

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)
19. Depress It??
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:13 PM
Aug 2018

Hell, I'm 30 minutes away and wish I could vote in it! But I've seen how the Ohio Repukes operate for some 55 years. My hopes are sky high, but ask President Kerry about Ohio!

 

louis c

(8,652 posts)
20. Whenever you infer that there is a fix in an election
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:22 PM
Aug 2018

Last edited Tue Aug 7, 2018, 08:01 AM - Edit history (1)

and it is posted on a Democratic web site, it can only be to depress the vote.

Why else do I need to read that bull shit?

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
32. I have the same reaction.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:27 PM
Aug 2018

It bothers the hell out of me when I see someone say something like "Yeah, Scott Walker is trailing by 11 points in the latest poll, but we'll see what happens when Walker gets to rig the final count."

Just stop. That's absolutely absurd.

kimbutgar

(21,172 posts)
15. I don't want to get my hopes up like I did with Hillary
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:56 AM
Aug 2018

We don’t even know how the repuke sos and Russia will interfere.


But if O’Connor wins yabba dabba doo!

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
25. This will be HUGE if Dems win and even if it is a narrow defeat
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:02 PM
Aug 2018

it will be yet another example that the GOP is in serious trouble if they have to go all out to defend a seat that should be there's for the asking.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
29. The Republican who retired it won it by 37 points in 2016.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:14 PM
Aug 2018

Even if we lose by 5 that's a 32 point improvement over 2016. If we run 32 points ahead of 2016 in every congressional district we will have the greatest mid terms in the history of the republic.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
39. "we will have the greatest mid terms in the history of the republic"
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 02:32 PM
Aug 2018

I'm praying that's exactly what we are going to have in the midterms.

We need a HUGE, historic turnout to save this country from Russian/GOP fascism.

If dems get the House and Senate back, Dotard better pack his bags and flee to mother Russia if he doesn't want to spend the rest of his life in a cell in Leavenworth anyway.

bearsfootball516

(6,377 posts)
33. Doug Jones won his election by 2 points. Connor Lamb won by less than 1 percent.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:29 PM
Aug 2018

Democrats are winning nailbiting elections.

peggysue2

(10,836 posts)
36. I think that's a legitimate worry, particularly . . .
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 02:21 PM
Aug 2018

when the polls are tight as a tick. It opens the door for electoral chicanery which the Republicans have proven themselves very adept.

That being said, the very fact that O'Connor is running neck to neck in this district, that the Republicans have thrown excessive amounts of money at the race, and that they're already constructing excuses means . . .

They are very, very worried about an election debacle.

Which means GOTV will mean everything tomorrow and into November's elections. I'm rooting for O'Connor but either way this improbable race-to-the-finish concludes it's a terrific sign for the Democratic Party and our 'Save the Country' mission.

Eyes on the Prize!

spinbaby

(15,090 posts)
44. I have a friend in the district
Tue Aug 7, 2018, 08:46 AM
Aug 2018

She says she’s never seen the polls this busy except for a presidential election.

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