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Georgia - home of Jimmy Carter, R.E.M., and Ted Turner. In decades past, it's been assumed that one can write this state off as reliably Republican. In a pure 2020 move, however, Joe Biden won the state by a razor-thin margin (as of this writing) and neither of its U.S. Senate seats were decided. With the Senate looking to have 50 Republicans at minimum, the stakes couldn't be much higher. The two races feature incumbent Republicans David "purposefully mispronounced Kamala Harris' name" Perdue and Kelly "insider trader" Loeffler defending their seats against Democrats Jon "lost the most expensive house race ever" Ossoff and Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, respectively. You may remember this moment from the debates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhWq-QqCoPI It's impossible to say what can and will happen - while none of the candidates reached 50% of the vote, Perdue and Warnock received pluralities. There is pretty much no chance that the vote is split in the run-off, the number of likely voters could either rise or fall from the General Election, and the amount of money poured into advertising could be in the billions. On January 5th, Georgians will go to the polls again to determine if legislation will actually be passed or if Mitch McConnell will just adjourn the Senate for the next two years. HELPFUL LINKS Fair Fight, Stacy Abrams' organization Jon Ossoff's website Raphael Warnock's website All-in-One Donation Station Atlanta Solidarity Fund Edward Mass fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Nov 9, 2020 |
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Yeah, I'm urging all my friends to get ready. I'm in Gwinnett county, so I'm gearing up.
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Nov 8, 2020 04:25
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CommieGIR posted:Yeah, I'm urging all my friends to get ready. I'm in Gwinnett county, so I'm gearing up. I'm in Clayton county. I'm just waiting for the crazy to hit this state. Hell there were already people out today trying to get people registered to vote for this election.
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Nov 8, 2020 04:30
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Will this race have the same rules for eligibility for mail in ballots and early vote as the presidential race? Or is it going back to the old rules?
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Nov 8, 2020 04:37
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Do any of the Georgia goons know of some good progressive, grassroots organizations that will be helping with these races?
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Nov 8, 2020 04:39
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The most important thing to stress here is that success means loving with Mitch McConnell.
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Nov 8, 2020 04:56
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I don't live in Georgia, but tell me who to send money to and I will.
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Nov 8, 2020 05:08
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Please tell this thread the best people to donate money to because my wallet is ready.
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Nov 8, 2020 05:19
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Seven Hundred Bee posted:Do any of the Georgia goons know of some good progressive, grassroots organizations that will be helping with these races? I think these: https://fairfight.com/ https://electjon.com/ https://warnockforgeorgia.com/
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Nov 8, 2020 05:29
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I live in Georgia, but I also live in an area that's going to heavily go for the D candidates. I'm doing my part on social media to get the word out about the actual special election. I think that's the real challenge here is getting people aware that the race isn't over. This isn't just a special election for a senator. It's a special election for 2 senators. It's also a special election for 2 senators that will more or less hold control over whether Biden can enact his plans or not. It's so, so incredibly important. That being said, I was listening to a streamer the other day, Destiny, some of you may know and he had a good point. He was talking in general about how small pockets of internet people might be able to make a difference in smaller areas in local elections. It eventually evolved into possibly picking a small county somewhere in Georgia and trying to focus on it's constituents and trying to impact it in the special election. I don't know if this is possible, but it was interesting. Zotix fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Nov 8, 2020 |
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Nov 8, 2020 06:00
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If there are good, vetted links to who to donate to in the OP, there might be banner ads for this topic in this site's future.
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Nov 8, 2020 14:20
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Edward Mass posted:
This is important, and I'm happy to use part of my filthy corporate bonus money this year to put $250 to each of these! 
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Hi all, this thread was linked to the Atlanta thread. As a local Atlantan, a good use of funds right now in Atlanta and Georgia politics is supporting actual activists out in the streets demanding change, and encouraging people to vote, among other more direct action. You can do that by donating to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which is currently helping activists who had their doors kicked in by the feds this past week: https://atlsolidarity.org/ There’s gonna be plenty of money to run ads 24/7 and make Georgians despise the runoff, but there is a real need for legal defense for people who were key in taking to the streets over the summer, which helped drive political engagement and turned Georgia blue.
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Nov 8, 2020 20:23
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I look forward to two more months of ads! This is definitely what I moved to Georgia for, political ads. I'm thinking it'll end up being a Warnock win and Ossoff loss, both very close. If you donate to anyone though, Stacey Abrams is probably the best for your money. Her organization was a huge player in getting the state to flip. https://fairfight.com/
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Slaan posted:I'm thinking it'll end up being a Warnock win and Ossoff loss, both very close. If you donate to anyone though, Stacey Abrams is probably the best for your money. Her organization was a huge player in getting the state to flip. https://fairfight.com/ Warnock definitely seems like a stronger candidate than Ossoff, but it seems insane to me that any significant portion of his voters would vote for Perdue or leave the other slot blank. Loeffler seems like real garbage, but is Perdue really so much more palatable that he would inspire that level of ticket-splitting?
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I now have a recurring  going to both ATLSolidarity and FairFight.And a part of me is seriously considering signing up with FairFight to volunteer for line warming or something even though I live in Denver and would need to bring my family with me. It's just 20 hours of driving and staying in a hotel right? Riven fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Nov 9, 2020 |
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Nov 9, 2020 18:02
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They have an ActBlue page up now with an equal split between FairFight and the two campaigns. https://www.gasenate.com Well that now has a certificate error so here's where it redirects you to: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/georgiasenate
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Nov 9, 2020 19:24
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I remember Ossoff pretty well from the house election few years ago, but know nothing about Warnock. How much of a progressive is he?
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I remember Ossoff pretty well from the house election few years ago, but know nothing about Warnock. How much of a progressive is he? He ain't Loeefeflleer. I'm pretty sure Warnock was a pastor at MLK's church, but that doesn't have anything to do with policies. Healthcare is basically expanding Obamacare, I don't see much about public option or MFA. Education is pretty vague about easing student debt, and cost of education. I wouldn't expect him to be super progressive.
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Nov 10, 2020 00:38
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https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1325945727328137216
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Nov 10, 2020 00:44
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I've tried looking at local volunteer stuff in Gwinnett, but all I could find was handing out snacks last Tuesday and nothing about the run offs. Should I volunteer for Warnock or Ossoff directly instead?
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Nov 10, 2020 00:48
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OK fine this was my first candidate donation since 2008.
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Nov 10, 2020 01:28
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Applied for my absentee ballot for the 5th.
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Nov 10, 2020 01:33
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Just donated to the fund between FF, Warnock, and Ossoff. Much love from Philadelphia <3
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:I remember Ossoff pretty well from the house election few years ago, but know nothing about Warnock. How much of a progressive is he? he's not really a progressive, but he's a solid center-left dem with the same generic platform. the most notable thing about him now is that he's senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist, which was MLK's Jr's old job (and MLK Sr's too). so he's about as progressive as you would expect from an accomplished man of God in the black southern baptist tradition (which is pretty progressive as mainstream churches go tbh). so don't expect defund the police but he supports bail reform, abolishing private prisons, and restoration of felon voting rights. likewise he's not MFA but he has campaigned in the past for medicaid expansion Mr. Fall Down Terror fucked around with this message at 15:23 on Nov 10, 2020 |
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Nov 10, 2020 15:20
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CommieGIR posted:Yeah, I'm urging all my friends to get ready. I'm in Gwinnett county, so I'm gearing up. Fellow Gwinnett Goon reporting in as well.
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Nov 10, 2020 17:47
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$200 to New Georgia Project $200 to Coalition For The Peoples' Agenda $200 to Fight Fair $200 to Ossof $200 to Warnock Good luck from Chicago.
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Nov 10, 2020 18:04
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$100 to Fair Fight and $15 to each of the candidates.
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Nov 10, 2020 18:14
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Just set up a $35 monthly donation to Fair Fight, and hoping to start doing some phone banking next week (I'm poor, and also juggle a bunch of jobs). But I'm in it to win it.
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https://twitter.com/axios/status/1326020210218967040 I hope him being against some really good things loses him the election for being inadequate opposition 
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Ruzihm posted:https://twitter.com/axios/status/1326020210218967040 Yes yes, let's give McConnell the Senate, that'll be all worth it. 
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Ruzihm posted:https://twitter.com/axios/status/1326020210218967040 lol what a garbage candidate but so is your take tbh not that it really matters because manchin (lol i typed mnuchin at first) is a monster douche
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CommieGIR posted:Yes yes, let's give McConnell the Senate, that'll be all worth it. "McConnell is loving us" is probably a better narrative than "we are loving ourselves" for the next 2 years of nothing getting done.
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CommieGIR posted:Yes yes, let's give McConnell the Senate, that'll be all worth it. no it wont, but that seems to be the dem plan running a loser then burning a bunch of money to do it
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Then is why you list before Ossof...
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Harold Fjord posted:"McConnell is loving us" is probably a better narrative than "we are loving ourselves" for the next 2 years of nothing getting done. No, its not. Because that motivates GOP more than it does Dem voters. Ruzihm posted:no it wont, but that seems to be the dem plan running a loser then burning a bunch of money to do it Personally: Take this poo poo to the USPOL thread, rather than making GBS threads up the Georgia Runoff thread where we're trying to motivate people to vote. Really loving tired of the
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Ruzihm posted:no it wont, but that seems to be the dem plan running a loser then burning a bunch of money to do it CommieGIR posted:Really loving tired of the Please don't post like either of these posts ITT going forward. That goes for everyone. It's not the place to talk about whether or not the Dems are actually interested in taking the Senate, and it's certainly not the place to engage in petty clique squabbles. Thanks!
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Nov 10, 2020 19:17
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$25 to fairfight!
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That Jon Ossoff is apparently more open to allowing republicans to stem the passage of progressive legislation through the senate than the abolition of the white supremacist organization known as ICE is probably the most vile thing I've heard a democrat suggest this week.
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Ruzihm posted:That Jon Ossoff is apparently more open to allowing republicans to stem the passage of progressive legislation through the senate than the abolition of the white supremacist organization known as ICE is probably the most vile thing I've heard a democrat suggest this week. That's happening anyways, and please don't feed in it: https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/1326233713211039745?s=20 Allowing McConnell to maintain control of the senate is worse than an Ossoff win. Because its exactly what McConnell wants and needs to win more GOP votes and do the most damage.
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