There will be NO noticable "boycott" of the January 5th Georgia elections by Trump supporters.

[Atticus]

Their hate for all things Democratic is too strong. They may cuss Loeffler and Perdue, but they will do it as they are voting for them.

As the old saying goes: "At election time, Democrats want to 'fall in love'---Republicans 'fall in line' ".

We can't expect Republicans to hand it to us; we have to take it from them!

[FreepFryer]

1. Disagree. With margins like the ones forcing the runoff, "noticeable" needn't be massive.

I don’t “expect” Republican behavior to conform to logic or morals but I also don’t feel comfortable w a blanket assertion such as yours.

[Girard442]

6. I think the key is to campaign as if any negative Trump effect will be neglible.

If it turns out we're wrong and the R's get pounded into the ground, so much the better.

[FreepFryer]

12. Absolutely Agree. But pat statements like the OP don't accomplish that goal imho. Nt

[Atticus]

15. Ok. nt

[mopinko]

2. agreed.

too much on the line. they will have the gotv machine turned up to 11.

[FoxNewsSucks]

3. I agree,

If anything, the right is probably spreading that to lure Democratic voters into complacency

[ananda]

4. I agree.

We discount them at our perii!

GOTV!!!!

[AmericanCanuck]

5. A lot of non-republicans and otherwise apathetic voters came out

ONLY to vote for Trump. They don't care about anyone else. They will stay home.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. The danger is that a lot of people may have turned out just to vote against Trump

He is, after all, an extremely visible asshole with the biggest list of faults, malicious acts, personality defects and potential crimes a major US politician has ever had. His approval rating was always well below the disapproval number. We need everyone in Georgia who voted against him to turn out again to vote for the Dem senate candidates (or against the Republicans; both are corrupt, so there's something to work with there). And more, preferably.

[AmericanCanuck]

28. I don't think so

I think those who hate Trump also hate Mitch McConnell equally if not more.

Trumpophils don't have the same admiration and love for McConnell or the senate.

[ooky]

20. Every gun humper in GA will go vote for those pricks.

The notion that they will stay home and "lose their guns" is misguided.

[Eyeball_Kid]

24. COVID victims are dying off like flies in a mason jar, and Trumpers don't care and don't want

more help. They just want Trump because he's a white supremacist. Trump can kill off their parents and grandparents as part of his acts of negligent mass homicide, but they'd still vote for their Golden god, as if Trump is way more important than the lives and health of their family members.

[DeminPennswoods]

42. +1

Yes, these voters are devoted only to Trump. They are the Trump cult of personality. A good indicator is all the special and off-year elections Dems when Trump was not on the ballot.

I would expect the Rs who voted for Biden will vote again and reprise their preference for Rs aside from Trump.

[WinstonSmith4740]

7. I've been worried about this since the runoff was announced.

There's been a lot said about how the Dems lost ground in the House and didn't pick up any Senate seats that were supposed to be vulnerable. I still think it's because the Republican Party DID cheat...just not enough. I'm still trying to figure out how, after the last four years, the absolute proof that he knew how bad COVID was when it hit, and all the other fucking sociopathic bullshit he's done, 7 million MORE people voted for that maniac. The rethugs will flood the media with horror stories about the takeover of Socialism if the Dems take the Senate. Republicans WILL fall in line, and some Dems will stay home because our candidate isn't "perfect". We have to remember the republican vote was split in the general...they'll all be voting for the same person in this election.

But I have great faith in Stacey Abrams to turn out the vote in Georgia. I'll bet the GOP is wishing now that they had let her win the governorship.

[CaptainTruth]

8. A relative few will boycott, folks who agree with Lin Wood, for example.

But those are a relative few, the ones who are saying it's "MAGA or RINO, period." They see no middle ground & they have no loyalty to the Republican party, their only loyalty is to Trump.

It will help us a little, but we still need to work our asses off to win!

In addition to donating, my wife & I are doing 200 postcards to Georgia.

[Eyeball_Kid]

27. Wood puts on a good "revival" show. He needs a tent and a few donation baskets.

The problem with Wood is that he's a wasted talent. He's got a terrible script to memorize.

Televangelism is knocking on Wood's door. He'd make millions. He's way better than Jim and Tammy Bakker. He can charge admission.

But getting involved in defending Trump is a dead end alley. Trump will use Wood for what he can get, then dump him, as he dumps everyone else.

[AZ8theist]

9. Not in 100% agreement....

There are far too many MAGATs who are just as stupid as their IMBECILE TRAITOR hero.....

They will stay home masturbating to old videos of Sarah Palin beauty contest videos....

And throw beers at the screen when Faux News shows us winning the 2 senate seats...

[Fla Dem]

10. We can't rely on low Republican turnout. What we're working on is high Democratic turnout.

[Snake Plissken]

13. Unfortunately there will most likely be a lower Democratic turnout

People came out in record numbers on Election Day to vote against Trump, not to vote against Republicans

That is the cold hard truth.

[scarletwoman]

17. "People came out in record numbers... to vote against Trump, not to vote against Republicans."

That's exactly right.

[Eyeball_Kid]

30. Dem campaign people ought to surreptitiously promote the Lin Wood angle.

Voting in a rigged election is senseless. Trumpees are relentlessly discounting the legitimacy of the voting process in Georgia. "If you believe Lin Wood and you believe what Trump says about the Georgia elections, then you must act from your heart." That's all that needs to be said.

[scarletwoman]

14. Agree. We need to assume that Repug voters are just as determined to show up as Dem voters, and

forget about hoping otherwise. Relying on such a hope is foolish and dangerous.

[Wounded Bear]

16. Dems need to remember this and GOTV in Jan

[CrispyQ]

18. Democrats want to 'fall in love'---Republicans 'fall in line.'"

I'd never heard that saying before, but it sure seems true, huh? Here's what I posted on my FB page a few times this election season:

[FakeNoose]

40. Isn't it funny how so many Repukes have fallen in love with Chump?

I can't think of any other way to express it. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to their behavior, otherwise.

[eissa]

19. We have to remember

that they're not voting for Loffler or Perdue, but for Mitch. A handful of petulant voters might sit it out, but the vast majority will vote, and with the orange beast now encouraging early voting, we can't take anything for granted.

[Eyeball_Kid]

32. The Georgia run-offs will be won at the margins, as do most close elections.

It won't take much to turn the election wins to Democrats. They won Georgia by a relatively small margin. I have faith that Stacey Abrams has the talent and energy to push the Dems over the top. It only takes a small percentage of votes, but the work is difficult. It can be done.

[ooky]

21. Not only that, not a single one of them care about Perdue or Loeffler's

stock trades.

[Cosmocat]

22. YEP

Hatred for all things democratic is spot on.

People want to fool themselves that "negative campaigning hurts you!" but I have spent most of my adult life watching republicans control DC and the majority of states with nothing more than slandering us.

[grantcart]

23. There is still time for another 20 conspiracy theories to erupt

At this point no one knows what psychotic universe the crazies will be in and whether or not all of them will teleport themselves back to vote on Chinese machines with Venezuelan software to vote for 2 turncoat rich guys.

[BobTheSubgenius]

25. I completely believe that.

If they can live their political lives as "party over country," then "party over individual" seems more than likely.

[SayItLoud]

26. There was only one big boycott in the general election:

tRUMP. If it was a complete boycott of rePUKES we would have taken Collins out and the House majority would not have shrunk. Just sayin...if we don't get OUT THE VOTE again they win. tRUMP is NOT on this ticket.

[Pobeka]

29. agree 100%. Trump used the "socialist takeover" slogan at the rally yesterday.

The ignorance based understanding of the democratic party and fear of the socialism label will drive them to the polls.

It is a mistake to assume anything else.

[Iggo]

31. This.

They’ll vote.

[Hoyt]

33. Remember how we couldn't wait to vote again GOPers in 2018. I suspect GOPers coming off a big loss

will be the same on Jan 5.

Hopefully, Atlanta and the rapidly expanding areas around it -- where Lucy McBath and Carolyn Bourdeaux -- took long held GOPer seats -- will show up at polls, along with a few other blue areas in the state.

[zehnkatzen]

34. It doesn't have to be very big at all, really ...

It just has to be big enough.

As close as that election was, just a few hundred or a couple thou staying home out of disgust (or giving their 'principle' vote to a alternative candidate' would be enough to lose the election for 'em.

Still, of course, there'll be reason for concern. I'd be insane if I didn't acknowledge that. But let's not sink our boat early! There is sensible reason for optimism, and optimism, my friends, is a political act. Every one of of us that takes a realistically optimistic view makes the Republicans mad as hell and makes them cry. They depend on us to do their demoralization on us FOR them. And, since a few weeks before the big election, I decided to take the optimistic view and it's helped.

I'm not saying be pie-in-the-sky cheerful, or deny reality. What I am saying is that we know everything can go wrong, but we do ourselves a favor if we acknowledge that there is a chance also that it can go right. We can always hedge our bets on despair, after all, if we lose this one, we have the rest of our lives to be sad about it.

Go ahead and expect the worst if you must. But aim for the best. We just might hit it.

[Cozmo]

35. No truer words written ! Thanks

[Wednesdays]

36. K&R. nt

[Midnight Writer]

37. Counting on the other team not to show up is not a wise strategy.

[cry baby]

38. We cannot underestimate their complete hatred for Democrats!

We beat their Golden Calf.


And...
We eat babies
We are communists
We are going to confiscate their guns
We are doing away with police
Etc., etc., etc.
(Hopefully no needed)

[ProfessorGAC]

39. I Have No Doubt

I think this boycott stuff is smoke & mirrors.
They're going to show up and vote.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

41. DU actblue link for donations to Warnock, Ossoff, Fair Fight ...

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dufor2020runoff