On one hand it's wonderful to have such a large turn out and we should feel optimistic, but on the other hand - well, Putin.

Unverifiable, easily hackable electronic voting machines and a Republican secretary of state who doesn't care!

Advantage except to say democrats usually have great early vote turn out. The extraordinary turn out numbers could be helpful for ossoff.

could change everything!

Go, Democratic Georgians of the 6th District!

YOU could change everything!

It's important to consider, as we move toward the 2018 Congressional election, the makeup of Georgia's 6Th. Upscale, well-educated, respectable and respectful. In the past, we called them country-club Republicans. The term is out of fashion, but I think it can be applied to voters who, with few exceptions, wouldn't be caught dead at a Trump rally screaming, "build that wall" or, "...lock her up." A couple of nights ago, Virginia held gubernatorial primaries for both parties. The turnout - more than fifty percent higher for Dems than Republicans - was definitely encouraging. Larry Sabato, formerly a republican pollster and now head of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, offered an interesting analysis. Republican moderates, he explained, were leaving the party in droves. And not just in Virginia, but across the country. If the Dems are to take control of Congress next year, it will be through their votes, the moderate Republicans, and not West Virginia coal miners.

Thanks for posting and welcome to DU stephensolomita!

many were driven out in the Tea Party purge. About time the voters caught up with what is happening to the party.

The recent rift in Congress was not between Extreme Rs and Moderate Rs, it was between Extreme Rs and Far Right Rs. Two version of RW extremism fighting each other. Dems were right to just sit back and let them tear at each other.

Hopefully, this realization of how extreme the Rs have become starts to take hold across the country. We're nearing a point of no return.

The average GOP "mandate" since 1992 is -3.3%.

It is also why Warner/Kaine/McAullife (most likely Northam too) were excellent candidates for Governor of Virginia
and why Creigh Deeds was not.

The state has been transitioning away from the GOP since 2000.

Hillary won Darien and New Cannan 53-41. Similar to LBJ's win in those GOP towns in 64'.

Wounded Bear - As a matter of strategy and tactics, let me ask a question. Is it possible to target both moderate Republicans and "Trumpians" in the same campaign? If the answer is no, which group should be targeted?

Dems have somewhat ignored the state and local races for a while. We need to get into the local areas, open offices and run candidates and campaigns that reflect the local situations and demographics. That may annoy some "purists" but if we want Dem majorities, we can't base every race across the nation on hard liberal policies.

Nationally, we have to support Dems, even "blue dog" dems that may not toe some line 100%. Locally, we need to support Dems that reflect local issues.

Of course, tactics have to be adjusted to the situation. And I have no problem with blue dog Dems. But I asked if it was possible to attract moderate Republicans and Trump supporters in the same race? All indications, by the way, are that southern whites and northern, white workers are Trump's most loyal supporters. In a state-wide race, candidates may well have to choose.

Moderate Repubs, to the extent they exist any more, might be in play with the right issues and solutions.

Yes, for the present, the Trumplodytes are a lost cause. I don't think Dems can fabricate an appeal, Bernie not withstanding, that will lure them back. Perhaps some Republican atrocity (like taking health insurance away from 20 million Americans) will drive them off, but until then.... I also think that country-club Republicans, well-educated and well-off, don't like being associated with a racist, misogynist, xenophobe. The 6th in Georgia made it to number 6 on a list of the fifteen best-educated congressional districts in the United States published today by the New York Times. The results will tell the tale when it comes to moderate Republicans.

Still aint likely. Republican voters still vote for team regardless. In a district where R's outnumber D's?....well it'll be nice that it's closer than it has been in a long time, but I'm doubting Osoff will win anyway. It just makes my opinion of republicans overall just drop even more. These voters will never learn.

that republicans:

Don't want you / me to live and have a livable wage, that health care is right, and that this planet is all that we have-------------just maybe ......................

Scum.

Shite, I remember being incredibly offended and upset when the price of a House seat hit a million. What a crazy country.

Atlanta local television station WSB has Ossoff up by just under two points as of 2:00pm cst.

Sound familiar?