Herschel Walker leads Warnock in Georgia Senate race: poll

[left-of-center2012]

Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) narrowly trails Republican Herschel Walker in the Peach State’s marquee Senate race, according to a new The Hill/Emerson College poll. Warnock, who won a special election in 2021 and is now running for a full term, is supported by 45 percent of registered voters in the poll released Wednesday, while Walker is backed by 49 percent of voters.

The Republican’s lead is just outside the survey’s margin of error of 3 percentage points, though 6 percent of voters remain undecided, according to the poll. Walker, a former football star, is currently the heavy favorite to win the GOP primary after earning the endorsement of former President Trump, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and other prominent Republicans.

Democrats are hopeful that Warnock’s resume, including his service at Martin Luther King Jr.’s old church, could help him repeat his win this year. Some Republicans have also voiced concerns that Democrats will go after Walker over his past business practices and the fact that he has been accused of abuse by his ex-wife.

Still, Warnock will be running in what is anticipated to be a very GOP-friendly atmosphere, an environment driven largely by Biden’s sagging approval ratings. Biden’s approval rating in Georgia is underwater, according to the new poll, with 42 percent of voters approving of the job he’s doing and 49 percent disapproving.

https://thehill.com/news/3260483-herschel-walker-leads-warnock-in-georgia-senate-race-poll/

Walker (left side), Warnock (right side)

[left-of-center2012]

1. Herschel Walker, the Worst Candidate, Trump-Approved

Let’s just be blunt. No one, and I mean not one person, would seriously believe that Herschel Walker, the former football star and current leading contender for the Republican Senate nomination in Georgia, was at the top of his class at the University of Georgia.

Yet Walker has claimed just that for years, saying multiple times that he graduated in the top 1 percent of his class. Walker never graduated from college. He left to play professional football. Furthermore, according to CNN: “A profile of Walker from 1982 in The Christian-Science Monitor and an article in The New York Times said he maintained a B average at the school. Walker himself told The Chicago Tribune in 1985 he maintained a 3.0 before his grades dropped.”

But wait, that wasn’t the only problematic boast Walker made about his grades. Walker wrote: “If I’m proud of anything I did in my high school career (I mwas) Beta Club president and class valedictorian.” CNN’s KFile reviewed Walker’s high school yearbooks and coverage of him in local newspapers at the time and could find no evidence to support the claim that he was a high school valedictorian.

He has also been accused by his ex-wife of making multiple threats against her life. In 2005 she secured an order of protection against him. As The Associated Press reported: “When his book was released, she told ABC News that at one point during their marriage, her husband pointed a pistol at her head and said, ‘I’m going to blow your f’ing brains out.’ She filed for divorce in 2001, citing ‘physically abusive and extremely threatening behavior.’”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/03/opinion/herschel-walker-georgia.html

[moose65]

30. I hate to say this, but...

Will the racism thing affect Walker? There may be a bunch of these loudmouths in Georgia who claim to support him, but in the privacy of the voting booth, how may of them will let racism trump (pun intended) their MAGA love? How many of them wouldn’t vote for a black man under any circumstances?

Sadly, there are people like that. My sister’s mother-in-law, who worked as a school secretary for 30 years, told us a story about someone she knew in the school system who used to be an avid Democrat and who even ran for office as a Democrat. Until Obama became the Dem nominee - then suddenly he went full on birther and is now a Trumper. Ugh.

[BlueNProud]

31. May be true but he will certainly pull more of the black vote than most GOPers.

[iemanja]

43. Voting for Walker

may make them feel like they aren't racist, and then they can use it as a defense for their disgusting behavior.

[former9thward]

54. The stuff about high school does not make any sense.

Or else it is really sloppy journalism. It says CNN "could find no evidence to support the claim that he was a high school valedictorian." Ok, then who WAS the valedictorian? The yearbook would mention it. If it wasn't him then who was it? Also why not just ask the high school? I'm sure they keep information about who was valedictorian for each year. What did they say? Or were they even asked?

[moose65]

57. The yearbook probably DIDN'T mention it

I just looked back at all my high school yearbooks and none of them say anything about the valedictorian.

Probably because final grades aren't known until right before graduation, while yearbooks come out several weeks before graduation. However, someone in Walker's graduating class who WAS the valedictorian can provide the evidence!

[former9thward]

58. They can ask the high school.

No evidence they bothered to do that. Also local papers always carry that kind of stuff -- especially back then.

[onecaliberal]

2. What in the actual fuck?

[Bev54]

3. Time to put out some ads attacking all the things that Walker has said and done.

The guy is mentally unbalanced.

[MerryHolidays]

4. Remember that this is the state where Major Traitor Greene is an elected official

I'm not surprised. However, how reliable is this polling outfit?

[Ocelot II]

5. WTAF is wrong with Georgia?

[maxsolomon]

28. It's full of White Republicans.

It's a nationwide problem.

[walkingman]

52. DW and I were saying the same thing today. We always thought of leaving the South

because we just don't fit in the politics and religious ideology but if you look around it is pretty much everywhere in America with the exception of the West coast and the Northeast.

At some point you have to just accept.....this is America.

[Blue Owl]

6. The GOP has found their perfect candidate

A washed-up celebrity/athlete/actor type who appeals to the lowest common denominator

[kacekwl]

7. People are just stupid

I guess. I don't put much stock in polls but come on people the guy's a liar and dimwit.

[ck4829]

14. Which is like bonus points for Republicans

[LenaBaby61]

23. He's not only a liar and a dimwit ...

He's abused and stalked various women, put a gun to his ex-wife's head when she was pregnant with his insane son, and said he should blow her brains out. He has personality disorder on top of what could be worsening CTE (He's starting to verbalize worse than he used to), he's a grifting dead-beat just like his bestie trump.

I think he's gonna win, with all the cheating/racism going on down there. GOD almighty, prove me wrong.

Scary thing also, is that people still want him as Senator over Warnock. A friend who lives in Georgia says that quite surprisingly 15 or more of her relatives/friends are voting for him JUST because he's an ex-jock, and they are ALL BLACK DEMS.

Lord have all the mercies


As Herschel Walker eyes Senate run, a turbulent past emerges.

A review of hundreds of pages of public records tied to Herschel Walker’s business ventures and divorce sheds new light on a turbulent personal history that could dog his Senate bid.

ASSOCIATED PRESS / July 23, 2021

https://www.courthousenews.com/as-herschel-walker-eyes-senate-run-a-turbulent-past-emerges/

[Karadeniz]

8. If there's a debate that Walker won't boycott, that'll help. Warnock needs to flood the popular TV

shows and radio.

[LenaBaby61]

24. Walker's already said he's doing NO debates ....

Because he doesn't want the "liberal" media to take him out of context or "trick" him, or words to that effect.

His camp are trying to get him to do at least ONE, but it's a NO go the last my friend who lives in Georgia told me about 3 weeke ago.

[LakeArenal]

39. In other words, he can't debate in a parliamentary level.

[Karadeniz]

49. That's the new GOP strategy, no debates to have to face up to the awful truths about them.

[LenaBaby61]

56. THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[JohnSJ]

9. and 6% in this poll are undecided, which means it is a dead heat

[bucolic_frolic]

10. It's hard to believe, in America, that smart could ever beat dumb /nt

[Beakybird]

11. Walker is very, very weak

Domestic abuse, lying on resume, dumb, etc.

[SoCalDavidS]

13. In Other Words, He'll Probably Win

Those are all the qualities that a repub needs to get elected these days.

[Beakybird]

18. Domestic violence is a big minus in a purple state.

So is clearly lying on your resume.

[a kennedy]

42. This should be the #1 topic of ALL ads, tops in his his class, give me a fawking break.....

[LenaBaby61]

26. THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[Caliman73]

27. If you are looking at qualifications and qualities, yes, you are correct.

Elections however, are not built on that anymore. They are built on narratives.

Walker is a football hero. Georgia, a football loving state, knows who Walker is. They believe the hype rather than the truth. The media continues to push the idea that the United States is in trouble, despite the job growth, the wage growth, and recovery from a deadly pandemic. They keep pushing that it will be a "horrible" year for Democrats, which helps to depress the vote.

Warnock is a good man who has already done good things in the Senate, but the narrative is currently against him. The narrative needs to change. I think that Warnock will pull it out. Another problem is that we are still fairly far away so right now people are squawking to make their money as pollsters and pundits. A lot can happen between now and November.

[SmallFry]

12. I'll take that poll right now.

GA democrats are making grounds in some areas.

[ck4829]

15. Seriously?

[brer cat]

16. Walker would be another MTG.

Dumb and believing in every conspiracy theory that comes around. We really must GOTV for Warnock.

[kelly1mm]

22. So all of Maryland, DC, Virginia and 90+% of Delaware are 15 IQ points lower? Well I guess Congress

brings down the average some but 15 points?

[TheProle]

25. "You can knock off a quick 15 IQ points anywhere south of that Mason-Dixon line."

If you say that "all the time", you are a bigot.

All the time.

[3catwoman3]

19. Because he was a...

…fucking football player. That will be a sufficient qualification for a lot of voters. Pathetic.

Too many Americans have a pathological adoration of sports.

[Caliman73]

29. Absolutely.

I grew up playing sports. Sports are great, but they do not infer any special authority on anyone. You can certainly be an athlete and be smart and a good leader. You can also be an elite athlete, be a HORRIBLE person and dumber than a bag of hammers.

Walker proves that second point about athletes.

[Demsrule86]

20. That really sucks. Walker is as dumb as a rock.

[budkin]

21. Walker won't win... just wait until the debates

It's going to be laughable.

[Celerity]

35. apparently he is refusing all debates (per multiple posters I have seen)

[LenaBaby61]

41. He said he's not having any as of now with her primary opponents .....

And word is he's not having any debates with Warnock.

His team is trying to get him to do at least ONE debate with Warnock but it's a NO thus far.

Hope Warnock shows up and debates alone. That might help him, but with WHO are going to be asking Rev. Warnock the questions? They going to batter him with questions about Hunter Biden's laptop? Gay marriage type questions only?

You saw what his thoughts were about evolution, right?

The presence of apes calls into question the concept of evolution.

Herschel Walker misconstrues evolution of humans, apes.

IF YOUR TIME IS SHORT

Humans and the apes known today both evolved from ancient apes, who are now extinct. This split occurred between 6-8 million years ago based on genetic and fossil evidence.

Over time, humans and apes have been evolving in their own ways to adapt in their respective environments.


Herschel Walker, the former Georgia football star vying to join the U.S. Senate, questioned evolution during a recent church appearance.

"At one time science said, man came from apes. Did it not?" Walker said at Sugar Hill Church in Northern Gwinnett County, outside of Atlanta, Ga., on March 13. "If that is true, why are there still apes? Think about it."

Walker, a former NFL player, is seeking the GOP nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in the November election.

Walker’s skepticism misconstrued how evolution theory works, so we wanted to talk to experts who could break it down.

Humans and modern-day apes both evolved from ancient apes, who are now extinct. Anthropologists using genetic and fossil evidence pinpoint it between 6-8 million years ago. Humans and the apes seen today evolved differently over time.

Jessica Thompson, an assistant professor of anthropology at Yale University, said to think of evolution not as something linear, but rather as a series of splits.

"Just as how one person can have many children, and those children can have many children, none of those people will be exactly the same as the others, but they will all still be closely related. As the generations pass, they become less and less closely related in terms of shared genetic material. And also, they will start to look more and more different from one another," Thompson said.

For example, if a person had brown hair, some of their descendants would also likely have brown hair. But it's unlikely every one of their descendants would have brown hair; some may have blonde hair or red hair.

"You would not ask, ‘If all these red-haired people descended from a brown-haired person, then how is it possible to still have brown-haired people around today?’" Thompson said.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/mar/17/herschel-walker/yes-evolution-proves-humans-and-apes-can-coexist/

Your probable US Senator from Georgia, ladies & gents 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

Tommy Tuberville, ex college football coach, and one of the MANY person's treasonous Fatass45 spoke TO from his burner phone on the day that he lead his US Homegrown, insurrection attack on Jan 6th, that treasonous Ginni Thomas attended. Anyway, Tuberville's so DUMB that he couldn't coach a wet bag to fall apart if he tried. I'm very familiar with him and his "WHACK" coaching.

[BannonsLiver]

32. Which one of walker's multiple personalities is ahead?

[GoodRaisin]

33. A $1400 payday doesn't come with the Dem candidate this time.

Remember, this is Georgia.

[dixiechiken1]

34. I'm hoping Warnock gets a boost by Stacey Abrams being on the ballot...

🤞🤞🤞

[gulliver]

36. They're not for Walker or the GOP or against Warnock

They're dead set against the image they have of us Dems. We need to fix our image.

[keithbvadu2]

37. Walker is a carpetbagger in his own home state. IOKIYAAR

Walker is a carpetbagger in his own home state.

IOKIYAAR

[TlalocW]

38. I'm hoping Black women will rescue us again

And I'm hoping it's the republican shameful treatment of Judge Brown Jackson will motivate them.

TlalocW

[LenaBaby61]

48. You'd be surprised .....

At how man AA women have somehow 'fallen' for the trans talk from the GQP.

I've been to MANY AA websites, and it's scary. They're not thinking about the bigger picture. They're being stupid and more than I'd have thought are falling for the trans agenda, and the GQP trans hate talk.

You'd be surprised at how man AA women supported Clearance Thomas's nomination to the Supreme Court back then (At least the ones I knew in California back in the day). I was shocked. These were college-educated women, nurses--many of whom told me "He'll change once he gets up there. Don't worry." Or, we need a 'black' face on the court.

ALL these years later, and those who I still speak to are embarrassed as all hell for making TOTAL jack asses of themselves, because most of them were yelling and screaming at me telling me I'm stupid for not wanting a 'black man' on the High Court. They weren't the ONLY jack asses, because Senate Dems helped to vote that treasonous, non-qualified, sexually harassing, threesome-loving, self-hating clown onto the High Court. He lied and said his own sister was a welfare queen. He was a damn liar then and more so NOW, because he knew what his treasonous, racist, evil wife was doing on Jan. 6th. WHY was he the ONLY dissenting vote who didn't want us to see anything associated with Jan. 6th's "festivities"? I truly hope that treasonous piece of filth leaves the Court and cites 'health issues.'

THOMAS' SISTER IS NO WELFARE QUEEN.

https://greensboro.com/thomas-sister-is-no-welfare-queen/article_b0ec5042-0ac7-583b-94df-4771404be433.html

[Lovie777]

40. I'm hearing from relatives in Atlanta that Warnock has a ......

a real chance of winning this

[a kennedy]

44. I hope, have given to his campaign.....

We need him bad.

[sheshe2]

45. Perfect candidate for trump and GOP to endorse.

Beats his wife, holds a gun to her head and lies about his grades.

As a football player, I think he got hit one too many times on the field that has damaged what he has left of a brain.

Oh wait, lets add refusing all debates.

[Takket]

46. the guy is a fucking lunatic.............. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Torchlight]

47. Walker's polling far worse than Perdue and Loeffler were prior to their electoral failures.

I see this as a good sign.

[USALiberal]

50. Your quote is wrong.....

Here is the correct one:

“Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.”

[JohnSJ]

53. It will be all about turnout. Keep in mind that in this poll 6% were undecided, and that is the

difference between winning and losing

[dlk]

51. Walker would be the MTG of the Senate

Georgians will decide whether they want a leader who will work for them or another useless clown.

[lees1975]

55. That's if you believe a Hill/Emerson College poll

They're not an A grade poll and I don't believe their results are an accurate reflection of voters.

[brooklynite]

59. A-...still pretty accurate

People get angry when I point this out, but Kelly Loeffler got more votes in the first round. Yes, African American voters showed up to support him, but Trump helped suppress the Loeffler vote by ranting about how unfair the Georgia election process was.