FR, Breitbart, etc had zero impact on the enthusiasm, or lack of it, for potential Clinton voters. Clinton gets all the credit for no enthusiasm. FR, Breitbart, etal do deserve credit for the enthusiasm for Trump.
Conventional wisdom is that negative ads suppress the turnout of the opponent’s potential voters. Currently, the Handel-Ossoff negative strategy in GA is conventional. Both sides intend to discourage turnout in this off year election.
The question is which ad campaign is more effective. Handel has let Ossoff define her while she hides/runs away from the press.
Jack Ryan’s add campaign says “He is not one of us”. Who is “us”? Can a beltway ad campaign get away with this kind of twisted image?
2/3 in the district are carpet baggers, refugees from Rust Belt cities with no jobs. Are these 2/3 of the district “one of us” ? We will see June 21 if this is an effective or ineffective campaign theme.
Note that so far, Trump, Trump policies, Freedom Caucus policies and Dem policies are not issues in the campaign. Ossoff says he is “against waste” but does not mention any examples. The media does not push him to be more specific.
Filling Tom Price’s seat is based solely on campaign strategy and tactics; not on anything FReepers or Bernie Sanders supporters consider issues.
I suppose it’s best for Ossoff if he continues to stay hidden and not discuss the issues.
The “D” next to his name is the biggest “issue” going for him. I am not in the 6th district, so I watch from afar (in Athens).