Posted on 03/13/2018 5:16:01 PM PDT by Pinkbell
A thread to discuss the results.
I feel like Lamb has a lot of momentum, has run as a moderate, and has run a better campaign. I'll predict he'll win tonight (although I'd like to see Saccone win).
NYT does a good job with election results.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Oh yeah?
HE LOOKS PRETTY DAMN WEAK TO ME, LITTLEBOOB!
The Democrats had to run a sorta Conservative Candidate to beat a Republican
I also heard from a Republican the other day that Lamb wouldn't even be the nominee since the Far Left would never vote for this guy but some rule got him in without a Democratic vote
So unless Democrats nominate these Conservative leaning Candidates in the midterms, I don't see what we have to fear
I suggested to someone not too long ago, that Republicans should run like Democrats in CA, until they get elected. It’s the only way to run that state around. Seems like the Ds are using this strategy.
Do these R voters really believe this guy won’t turn hard left once in office? If so, they truly are stupid. It’s awful that people vote on personality and not look beyond the superficial exterior of a candidate, but, that’s the way it is in America. Americans have been groomed by glamor.
Final 2 precincts reported. Lamb leads by 579.
Funny. I just looked at his face in one of the hagiographic articles about him in the media, and felt a revulsion without even knowing he had served in the USMC...as a JAG. (or whatever they call them nowadays)
The kind of people LT Michael Murphy and his SEAL team worried about when they had to decide what to do in a complex combat situation.
I will try to find out more about the case you mentioned...I am curious.
All precincts have been counted, according to the NYT.
“Conor Lamb leads by 0.3 percentage points, or 579 votes, over Rick Saccone with 100 percent of precincts fully reporting.”
Ah, that wasn’t clear fro your post.
100% reporting now in Westmoreland so I guess the 2 precincts finally finished things up and the difference is just too big, 579 votes. Probably not going to happen for Saccone.
If Saccone gets “53, 58 and 57%” will that cover a Lamb lead of 579?
New votes in from Westmoreland County. Lamb lead down to 579 votes.
Absentees still to be counted.
I liked him in the early years. Then he got arrogant.
The difference would be 800 out of a total of 2000. That is basically 1400 to 600. 1400 is 70% of 2000. A pretty tough hill to climb unless you’re talking about ‘Rat districts in Philly that vote 103% for the ‘Rat.
Absentees, too? Cuz we can take it with absentees...now that Alleghany has been counted.
I see.
No, not absentees yet. But to get 579 votes would be extraordinary with ~2700 outstanding (I think that is the number of the 3 outstanding counties). I am braced for disappointment at this point.
No. I stand by my call Lamb won.
Saccone would have to win better than 70% of the outstanding absentee ballots to overcome Lamb’s lead.
Don’t see that happening. Its over.
>New votes in from Westmoreland County. Lamb lead down to 579 votes.
Saw that. So instead of 63% he now needs 59%, of the 3202 absentee ballots.
So then Saccone snags the two remaining precincts by more than 95 votes and wins?
“Saw that. So instead of 63% he now needs 59%, of the 3202 absentee ballots.”
That’s entirely doable!
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