“Voter turnout was reported as heavy to respectable at many precincts across parts of the district, including in Democrat-friendly Franklin County. But, at Noor Islamic Cultural Center in Dublin, only 8.5 percent of voters had cast ballots as of 1 p.m. Large turnouts, for a special election, at least, were seen in GOP-heavy Delaware County. At Genoa Baptist Church, for example, 19 percent of voters had cast ballots by noon. Statewide, only 21 percent voted in last May’s primary featuring gubernatorial races.”
“Despite a (fading) narrative that affluent suburbia would sweep Democrats to victory in 2018, Democrats have actually overperformed the least in those types of districts in 2017-2018 special elections.”
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