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re: Ossoff outspending all federal candidates this year. More than AOC and Rashida Tlaib. Why?

Posted on 7/25/26 at 6:30 pm to
Posted by lazlodawg
Member since Sep 2017
653 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 6:30 pm to
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Kalshi/538 give him a 90% chance to be reelected to the Senate. 90/10 doesn't seem like a close race IMO


Ossoff has a lead with younger and unmotivated voters (not my opinion - it's in the polls). Collins leads substantially among likely voters. Guess we'll see in November who turns out. I didn't vote for Collins in the primary, so he's not "my guy" but I can see beyond the astroturfing. Ossoff is widely seen as the most vulnerable D senate seat. That is why the money is being spent. It makes no sense otherwise.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
17317 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 6:36 pm to
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Ossoff has appealed to a lot of folks

It's because he's appeared on ballots in Georgia for almost 20 years. I don't know if he's accomplished anything for anyone (I left ATL in 08), but name recognition is king when it comes to low information voters, which is what most voters are.
Posted by lake chuck fan
Vinton
Member since Aug 2011
24638 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 6:39 pm to
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Did he though? I would say that is why they are spending a ton of money. Georgia is much redder than 2020 shows. It would be a shame if their hopeful future presidential candidate does not win back his senate seat


THIS is the reason!!! Without cheating, Marxist Dems have no chance.
All they had was "Trump bad", now they have real commies saying the quiet part out loud!!
The Marxist Democratic party is done.
Sit back and watch!
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
29026 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 6:43 pm to
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Why?

He’s a potential Democrat presidential candidate.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
17317 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 6:45 pm to
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Without cheating, Marxist Dems have no chance.
All they had was "Trump bad", now they have real commies saying the quiet part out loud!!
The Marxist Democratic party is done.

Nah, D lost GA by 48-51.
Clayton 85-15 D
COBB! 57-42 D
Dekalb 82-17 D
Fulton 72-27 D

You've accounted for most of the population of the state right there.
Posted by RohanGonzales
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Member since Apr 2024
11897 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 6:47 pm to
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He’s a potential Democrat presidential candidate.


Why aren't all of the other potential candidates spending that much?
Posted by bird35
Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
13704 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 6:49 pm to
The Georgia Senate race will be extremely close maybe the closest this round. This election will have a large impact on who controls the Senate.

Posted by Warboo
Enterprise Alabama
Member since Sep 2018
6030 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 6:49 pm to
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Nah, D lost GA by 48-51. Clayton 85-15 D COBB! 57-42 D Dekalb 82-17 D Fulton 72-27 D You've accounted for most of the population of the state right there.


With a half arse legitimate election would those numbers be different? I would bet a lot on it.
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
29026 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 6:50 pm to
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Why aren't all of the other potential candidates spending that much?

Having more money on hand is a measure of how many people with money think you may have a shot at winning.
Posted by HonoraryCoonass
Member since Jan 2005
20293 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 6:53 pm to
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Having more money on hand is a measure of how many people with money think you may have a shot at winning.


Like Kamala’s $2B? How’d that turn out?
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
29026 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 6:58 pm to
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Like Kamala’s $2B? How’d that turn out?

Do you have a head injury or something? Topics-stick to them if you are mentally able.
Posted by Timeoday
Easter Island
Member since Aug 2020
25030 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 7:06 pm to
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Do you have a head injury or something? Topics-stick to them if you are mentally able.


You brought it up regarding having more money on hand. So he simply wanted to see if you had discovered a trend. Obviously you didn't, so you went off topic regarding money on hand.

Ossoff is having to present what he is not by making it up. He is obviously having to spend more making it up because there is so much to make up.

Do you prefer makeup too?
This post was edited on 7/25/26 at 7:40 pm
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
17317 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 7:17 pm to
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With a half arse legitimate election would those numbers be different?

Right, because the local election boards, the secretary of state, etc. are all of a sudden going to make things legit after seven years?

DeKalb wouldn't change at all. Raging liberal hellhole. Same with Clayton, Fulton will never change (Fani Willis anyone?) The fact that Cobb used to be the conservative bastion in the metro area and is +15D means it's lost too.
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
32852 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 7:30 pm to
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It's because he's appeared on ballots in Georgia for almost 20 years.


20 years ago he was in college.
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
55205 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 7:34 pm to
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Ossoff has a lead with younger and unmotivated voters (not my opinion - it's in the polls).
well it’s midterms, they’re gonna be motivated
Posted by Timeoday
Easter Island
Member since Aug 2020
25030 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 7:38 pm to
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The Georgia Senate race will be extremely close maybe the closest this round. This election will have a large impact on who controls the Senate.


Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
49020 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 7:39 pm to

He's taking credit for what Trump did in his first admin. And the hapless GOP here in GA has no response.

Posted by lazlodawg
Member since Sep 2017
653 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 8:02 pm to
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well it’s midterms, they’re gonna be motivated


I don't think low-propensity voters are more likely to vote in midterm elections. Usually just the opposite.
Posted by tarzana
TX Hwy 6-- the Brazos River Valley
Member since Sep 2015
32630 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 8:03 pm to
2016 is when I first saw him on the ballot. I believe he lost that election to Karen Handel. But he was still young then, and had not become an icon yet
Posted by HagaDaga
Member since Oct 2020
8597 posts
Posted on 7/25/26 at 8:08 pm to
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lazlodawg

"What do you know?!?"
- tardzana in TX
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