Democrats Are Prepared To Lose The First Special Election Of The Pandemic Era

[riversedge]

at least this race got Trump's panties in a tight wad!! te he.


05/10/2020 09:21 am ET Updated 11 hours ago
Democrats Are Prepared To Lose The First Special Election Of The Pandemic Era


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-are-prepared-to-lose-the-first-special-election-of-the-pandemic-era_n_5eb73071c5b69c4b317b9277


The party has tried to turn the race into a referendum on Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, but other factors have the GOP in the lead.


Absentee ballot returns and internal polling from both parties indicate that Mike Garcia, a GOP former fighter pilot and defense industry executive running with Trump’s endorsement, is now a clear favorite over Assemblywoman Christy Smith.

The race was set after Hill, a Democrat, resigned from Congress following reports she had an affair with a staffer – a messy scandal that still looms over the election and is hurting Smith’s chances of victory, Democrats said.

“There are no two ways to slice it. We are down right now,” Smith’s campaign wrote in a fundraising email to supporters on Friday. “Republicans are turning in their ballots faster than Democrats. We might just lose this toss-up election.”

Even though Democrats outnumber Republicans in the district, Republicans have greatly outnumbered Democrats in returning the ballots that were mailed to every voter in the district because of the pandemic...............................................

Still, there is a possibility Smith will be able to close the gap in the final days. Democrats successfully fought to open a voting center in a minority-majority city in the district for the final days of the contest ― a development that has infuriated Trump, who spread falsehoods about the decision on Saturday.

“So in California, the Democrats, who fought like crazy to get all mail in only ballots, and succeeded, have just opened a voting booth in the most Democrat area in the State,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “They are trying to steal another election. It’s all rigged out there. These votes must not count. SCAM!”.............
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[SMC22307]

1. Why aren't Democrats returning the f*cking ballots mailed to every voter?!

My "fed up" levels are off the charts these days...

[CousinIT]

9. Yes. Why aren't Democrats returning their damn ballots? WTH? n/t

[kysrsoze]

2. Pres Assface is upset b/c Lancaster now has a voting location

The most racially diverse area in our 25th district now has a polling place less than 10 miles away. Shameful, eh?

I REALLY hope Christy Smith is able to pull out a win from "Fighter Pilot Mike Garcia." I can't imagine two years of having this joker "representing" us.

[edhopper]

5. I think they vote again

in November for this seat.

[kysrsoze]

6. Yes, correct. Forgot about that. But incumbency is a strong predictor of success in an election

Even so, it seems a lot of people are looking to get rid of Dump, so I would think that doesn't bode well for Garcia in the November election. I'm crossing my fingers...

[edhopper]

7. This seems to be more about

Dems not voting enough. If they come out in November for Biden, the Dems will get the seat.

[Iliyah]

3. t-rump up is down, down is sideways . .

He's bitching about mail in ballots for the November election, but, it's ok for Garcia since he ahead, and pissed about voting polls which t-rump claims is overall essential (WI).

Again, he only favors them when it shows he is winning. He is effed up.

[agingdem]

4. how I hate headlines like that...

prepared to lose?...stop with this crap

[Stuart G]

8. Where is this "Special Election"? What we see above, does not say where or when.(California??)

Where in California?...When is election? What is district? San Francisco? L.A.? Fresno?

[jimfields33]

11. Tomorrow is the election

25th district I believe.

[thucythucy]

10. Rep. Hill should never have resigned.

Given the same circumstances a Republican would have stayed put.

We have to stop handing what levers of power we have over to the enemy.

[uponit7771]

13. THIS !!!!

[Bengus81]

12. Trump going to call it FAKE and RIGGED if the Republican mail in ballots rate is huge and they win??

Let's see if that happens and how President Hypocrite weighs in on the final outcome.