Politics North Carolina 9th District Special Election

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  1. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Nice fantasy.
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    Are you sure about that enough to make a wager?
     
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    lmao! and what does this accomplish? They are still the minority party in the House and the state has been red for some time. Hardly worthy of any kind of celebration as the blue wave wiped out the republicans in 2018. But enjoy your celebration of nothingness.

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    Not close at all, but cling to your delusions.

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    You never answered my question in regards to what year your draft class was. Were you born in 54 or 55?
     
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    Your fictional msg board character is talking to itself again!
     
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    What would you like to wager?
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    blah, blah, blah, blah.

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    So, no wager?
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    crickets
     
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    The lottery was implemented summer 1969. I was born in 51
     
  11. Chris Craig

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    Very close. The Democrat only lost by 2 points in a blood red district. Trump won that same district by 12 points in the 2016 election. That should be concerning to Republicans
     
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    What was voter turnout in comparison?
     
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    The margin of victory for the Republican was nearly 4X greater in this election than the regular election in 2018.
     
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    Pretty close 190,385 votes cast in 2016 in the general election. 189,363 yesterday
     
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    Big whoop republicans won by 3,973 votes instead of 905. When you look at the complete numbers, a voter turnout of 189,363 votes, with the Democrats winning 48.7% of that vote (92, 144 votes) to the Republicans (96,081 votes) it is not a very impressive win, especially in a republican stronghold.
     
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    GhostOfPGA The late great Paul Allen

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    Meh, I wouldn’t look too much into. A Republican won a special election in Massachusetts after all and that wasn’t indicative of the 2012 election.
     
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    Perhaps you are correct. But I do like the trend.
     
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    The trend is, the dems over took the House by a large margin in 2018 and now just barely lost an election in a red state.
     
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    I don't think anyone other than trump and some of his minions are thinking it's a big deal. They appear to be grasping for any kind of victory these days.
     
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    You like the trend? A district that was won by 12% by Trump was just won by only 2%. If that trend continues, Trump loses that district in the election.
     

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