GOP Congressional Hopeful Karen Handel Finds Herself Trailing Democratic Upstart Jon Ossoff

[brooklynite]

Source: Survey USA

The pounding President Donald Trump is taking over loose lips may be taking a toll on Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Georgia's 6th Congressional District, Karen Handel, according to a SurveyUSA poll commissioned by WXIA-TV, the Tegna station in Atlanta.

Handel trails Democratic upstart Jon Ossoff 51% to 44% at this hour, close enough in a low-turnout, stand-alone runoff to be anyone's call, though clearly Ossoff is in a better position than is Handel.

The district is Republican leaning but not Republican invincible: Trump carried the district in 2016, but only by 1.5 percentage points, compared to, say, the neighboring 9th Congressional District, which Trump carried by 58 percentage points.

Ossoff does not live in the 6th Congressional District, but voters shrug. 84% of Democrats and 21% of Republicans say the residency doesn't bother them. Karen Handel does not have a college degree, but voters shrug. 45% of Democrats and 76% of Republicans say it is not an issue for them at all.


Read more: http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=e944d747-cc05-4608-90db-ed0527267059

[ananda]

1. Excellent!

That's a pretty good lead.

Go Ossoff !!!!

[BumRushDaShow]

2. It's gonna come down to turnout. nt

[brooklynite]

3. Early voting suggests voting will be high

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Wish we had early voting here in PA

Dem legislators have tried 5 times to bring it up and have been rebuffed.

[brooklynite]

9. I think the word you're looking for is..."tradition".

[sharedvalues]

17. Can't make voting too easy or then too many hard-working Democrats vote

[crazycatlady]

20. Has early voting started in this race yet?

[rpannier]

5. Great news, though I remain skeptical at this point

Been through too many elections (presidential, special, off-year, etc) where it didn't pan out. I've donated, though I don't live in the state, much less the district. But, I remember the giddiness over Kentucky Senate races, Texas, Issa was going to be toast in his race in California. etc.
It's gotta start somewhere and hopefully Montana and Georgia-6 will be the first two

[deurbano]

16. I know. I donated, too, but it does get discouraging. And damn, I so hoped Issa was going down.

[WellDarn]

6. There's another OP

On this

BUT

You can post this story a hundred times and it's STILL going to get a

K&R!!!!!

[not fooled]

7. Our survival depends on participating

Government works either for us or for the billionaires.

We either turn out and vote in our own interest or enter the final stages of being fodder for the billionaires to chew up and spit out.

[sharedvalues]

19. GOP: vote no to billionaire control of America

[lamp_shade]

8. WONDERFUL. He was ahead only one point (48-47) for the longest time.

Fingers crossed. I believe the special election is June 20th.

[Wounded Bear]

10. Can't get complacent...

new like this will motivate the Repub base. We need to ensure that all these poll numbers turn in to real votes at the polls.

[Salviati]

11. Donate to him, and to Rob Quist - let's kick those bastards out one seat at a time!

Jon Ossoff
https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/47436

Rob Quist
https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/47666

[riversedge]

14. thanks for links.

[crazycatlady]

21. Add Archie Parnell (SC-05) to your list

Another thing you can do is contact the campaigns and see if you can phonebank from home.

[Salviati]

25. Done and done!

Just made a little donation, and to make it easier for others to do the same here's the link:

Archie Parnell

https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/48561

[vkkv]

12. better!

[mountain grammy]

13. I'll chip in for him and Rob Quist

Go Dems!

[crazycatlady]

22. Archie Parnell too

[SunSeeker]

15. Yay!!. It was 48-47 just a few weeks ago!!

[Honeycombe8]

18. Here's hoping. This is good news. nt

[wildeyed]

23. Looks like Trump voters are low energy.

Their guy has done nothing that he promised and he CURTSIED to the Saudis.

[DeminPennswoods]

24. This poll might be slightly skewed toward Ds

But, afaik, this is the first poll by a non-partisan outfit. The other polls showing the race much closer were done by Republican pollsters who seem to have used a more traditional likely voter model that favors Rs turning out more than Ds.

This poll is interesting in that the voters surveyed voted for Clinton over Trump 48-44 so it could be capturing an enthusiasm gap. It also reported that 54% of Ossoff voters have already cast ballots as opposed to 42% of Handel voters.

[orangecrush]

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