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thenelm1

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20. What I still can't wrap my head around is this was a Dem district and this...

Wed Jan 4, 2023, 09:31 PM

Jan 2023

conman managed to flip it. How did that happen? A krappy campaign on the part of the Dem incumbent? A "charm" offensive that checked all the right boxes from the conman? Or just the typical complaints about inflation, crime, etc? Prior to 2012 it was R Peter King's old district but had been Dem since then.

It looks like low voter turnout was a huge part of the problem. In 2020 Santos lost by 45+K votes out of 372.5+ total votes (208K to 162K). This cycle he won 142K votes to the incumbent's 120K votes with a total count of 262+ K votes. That's a huge swing. Dem mid-term voter apathy strikes again...

(I answered my own question apparently. When the hell are Dem voters going to learn...)

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Brazilian clerk details George Santos" scam [View all] Demovictory9 Jan 2023 OP

Kicking for visibility SheltieLover Jan 2023 #1

T hanks..bottom line Santos STILL owes people money Demovictory9 Jan 2023 #4

Of course he does! SheltieLover Jan 2023 #5

K & R malaise Jan 2023 #2

'professional liar' fits right in! elleng Jan 2023 #3

Santos has now hit the jackpot. GOP grifting is standard and legal. Irish_Dem Jan 2023 #6

Seems Brazil wants to nab Santos Quakerfriend Jan 2023 #7

Kick! Hekate Jan 2023 #8

Kick dalton99a Jan 2023 #9

Voters who have not learned ThoughtCriminal Jan 2023 #10

To those in New York who voted for George Santos: Blue Owl Jan 2023 #11

It was proof of what we at DU have long known: peppertree Jan 2023 #13

At Least That Moldy Ham Sandwich... ProfessorGAC Jan 2023 #17

The Brazilian Narco Rubio, I like to call him peppertree Jan 2023 #18

Good description! Funny but true..... Blue Owl Jan 2023 #22

Thanks. peppertree Jan 2023 #23

What I still can't wrap my head around is this was a Dem district and this... thenelm1 Jan 2023 #20

That is rather bizarre Blue Owl Jan 2023 #21

Santos is such a slimeball. And so is the shop owner who made the employee pay for Santos' fraud. SunSeeker Jan 2023 #12

Santos seems to have committed fraud against the voters in his district. Trust_Reality Jan 2023 #14

republican's- nothing ! bobbyar Jan 2023 #15

Yah and he got mugged while going to pay his back rent. No police report. Tadpole Raisin Jan 2023 #16

"Don't feel guilty, he does that really well. He's a professional liar." a born republican republianmushroom Jan 2023 #19