Posted on 08/08/2018 5:53:27 AM PDT by Hojczyk
On Tuesday Troy Balderson defeated Democrat Danny O’Connor by less than 1% of the vote.
Balderson had 100,052 votes compared to Tiberi’s 251,266 votes in 2016 or 40% of the 2016 turnout.
Danny O’Connor had 98,364 votes on Tuesday compared to 112,638 votes received by Democrat Ed Albertson in 2016 or 87% of the 2016 Turnout.
This should concern Republican party leaders. The GOP to do a better job or Trump is going to face a Democrat Congress ready to impeach him in 2019.
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I believe turnout was low and thee may be a little more enthusiasm on the part of dims to vote but no way 87% voted.
If I remember correctly, Obama won one Ohio precinct where 120% of the voters voted.
Yep mine was a typo
There was no 87% turnout for any candidate in this race. The Democrat vote total in 2018 was 87% of the Democrat vote total in 2016. The actual voter turnout in this race was probably about 45% at best.
LS said he was hearing that Republicans didn’t even know there was an election. Kasuck’s groups must’ve been sitting on their hands
Come on folks. We have to help Trump. Get out the vote
If the rats can cheat this big in a heavy gop district then we will have a huge blue wave no doubt.
I’m in a neighboring district and there’s no way any party is going to get 87% turnout in a special election.
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It’s not 87% turnout of their registered voters. It’s 87% of their 2016 election numbers.
It’s still really high to get 87% of 2016 numbers, but I guess it’s possible.
I think it is 87% of the 2016 total turnout, not 87% turnout. Still seems too high.
I have long held that trying to win elections by moving to the middle is the wrong strategy. The GOP wins elections when their base is motivated to turn out and vote for candidates that advance the conservative values.
It’s not 87% turnout of registered dems, it’s 87% of dems who voted in 2016. Yuuge difference.
Tiberi’s leaving caused this.
Also, I heard - and don’t know for a fact but would like to know - that this area’s House Rep was in fact John Kasich. Well, when you’re used to re-electing a Kasich - if that’s your image of a “Republican”, and your current candidate is a Troy Balderson - well, a squeaker doesn’t surprise me.
What Trump achieved was to motivate HIS backers and those who understand the game and the stakes - to turn out.
To point the finger at this being an historic GOP district so therefore it should be easy for any GOP to win it, doesn’t square with the facts on the ground in this case.
This was a waste of money for both sides...they have to run again in November
These candidates all suck. If the Dems couldn’t bear a non incumbent with that kind of turnout difference they would be wise to spend their money elsewhere in November. It’s clear to everyone that these people aren’t really of the Trump standard. The support they are getting is only because of Trump. By themselves it’s clear they don’t really want the Trump agenda. The Repukes in Congress are just politicians. Plain and simple. How much effort will people put in for a standard politician who is going to try and create trouble for Trump once in DC?
87% really? Looks more like fraud to me.
I don’t understand how you can be a Republican and not vote in EVERY election. The thought of the democrats in charge and Nancy Pelosi holding that huge gavel motives me. I would crawl over broken glass for 10 miles to vote to stop her.
That's exactly what the Democrats have been doing since November 2016.
The last few special House elections (including this one) have featured Democrat candidates running on a promise to vote AGAINST Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker. They've been pretty successful using this approach to flip Republican seats.
If I’m a Democrat I’m saying we had 87% turnout verses 40% for Republicans and still lost.
I voted for Trump in 2016 and would again.
But I have come to loathe the Republican Party. They are a bunch of lying backstabbers. They promised for 7 years to repeal Obamacare - then when they were handed all the reigns of power, they reneged.
Now they continue to play footsies with the “special” prosecutor when they could end that charade in an instant.
I believe the GOP party establishment is scum. And I was a registered Republican for 25 years. But no more. I have no enthusiasm for them. Why should I? (Yeah, I know, risk of impeachment. But it’s not as if they are passing the Trump agenda anyway- quite the opposite!).
I actually think that a Dem house will get more done with Trump than these Repukes. Not in terms of immigration but on other fronts. When you’re the party in power resist is not a workable strategy. The Repukes will turn to the resist party and they’ll block all the leftist nonsense but while in power they are the ones pushing it.
Ohio Secretary of state says no winner yet. Provisional and absentees have to be counted. August 18?
Even if the paper ballots swing this to the Democrat and Wrong Way Larry Sabato who predicted Clinton would win with 322 ECvs, makes this a toss up which he will, it means nothing. In November the Republican in that race, lets hope it’s not the lackluster Balderson. If the Democrats think they are getting 87% of their voters out based on hatred of Trump they are dumber than they look.
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