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https://politicalwire.com/2018/10/16/republicans-massively-out-raised-in-election-homestretch/Republicans Massively Outraised In Election Homestretch
October 16, 2018 at 7:40 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
There is no historical precedent for financing this broad and deep for congressional challengers. About half of the 92 GOP incumbents are protecting battleground districts, and some of them posted personal-record fundraising totals in the third quarter of 2018 but they still found themselves swamped by a combination of incandescent online fundraising for Democrats and bigger donors spreading money to challengers around the country, as 61 Democrats raised over $1 million.
Said one Republican consultant: Were getting our asses kicked. Nothing else to say.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)democratic voters
babylonsister
(171,089 posts)Turnout soars on the first day of early voting in Georgia
By Mark Niesse
Posted: 10:44 a.m. Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Voters across Georgia rushed to the polls on the first day of in-person early voting Monday, with 69,049 people casting their ballots.
Thats a sharp increase from the last midterm election in 2014, when 20,898 people showed up on the first day of in-person early voting, according to numbers from the Georgia Secretary of States Office.
Some early voters in Cobb County had to wait in lines for more than two hours, and others in Fulton County encountered delays because of technical difficulties.
But early voting has become increasingly popular in Georgia because it allows voters to decide what day they want to cast their ballots, and they can avoid lines if they arrive during low-traffic times.
About 58 percent of voters cast early ballots during the 2016 presidential election, and 37 percent voted in advance in 2014.
When mailed-in ballots are added to in-person early votes, a total of 129,458 Georgians had already voted through Monday in advance of the Nov. 6 general election, which features the race for governor between Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp.
At the same point in the midterm election cycle four years ago, just 46,086 people had voted, according to georgiavotes.com.
In-person early voting is available in all of Georgias 159 counties.
Early voting lasts until Nov. 2 and includes at least one Saturday statewide, on Oct. 27. Some counties have additional voting times available on weekends.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)much anger been invoked in recent weeks in Georgia on all the voter suppression tactics that Kemp is doing as Secretary of State. Same tactics that Kobach is doing in Kansas. Abusing the power of an elected office to corrupt an election
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)are surely going to go to the polls and vote.
Seeing this unprecedented flow of $$$ to the dems is proof that the blue wave is real and its coming to save this country from the traitor in the white house and his evil America hating party!
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)pledge cards herself in a database. Other volunteers being doing the same and my guess that number is approaching 20,000 People who have pledge to vote for our candidates. A weekly phone call goes to them until they inform us they have early voted. ON Nov 6th we will place calls again and knock on doors
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)I'm just saying regular folks like me have contributed some dollars to the effort and believe me I will be at the polls in November voting dem across the board of course!
My wife has already voted early and all dems