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In reply to the discussion: WAPO: Bernie Sanders's strange behavior [View all]grantcart
(53,061 posts)really quite funny.
You wanted the numbers here are the numbers
Ossoff did very well and got 93,000 votes.
Price consistently got 200,000 votes when he ran except for 2014 where there was a very low turnout in the district but he still got 66%
There are two pools of voters that he can compete for
a) voters on the left side of the spectrum that missed the election
b) former Price voters.
a) is a very small number and with the high enthusiasm numbers already among Democrats the factor that will have the most impact is phone calling, not media, ads or endorsements.
The election is going to depend on what Ossoff can do with b). There are some that can be reached b1 (soccer moms, etc) and others that are unreachable.
The only thing that the Ossoff campaign is thinking about now is how to get b1s to change and not do anything to get b2s enthusiasm up. If he brings in a lot of high profile outsiders it will increase b2 voters enthusiasm. That is why every surrogate, not just Sanders, that they bring in is a risk for Ossoff. Of all of the surrogates that Ossoff would consider bringing in Sanders would be at the bottom of the list.