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| Democrats Fret as Stacey Abrams Struggles in Georgia Governor's Race |
| 2022-09-08 |
| [NYT] She has been trailing her Republican rival, Gov. Brian Kemp, alarming Democrats who have celebrated her as the master strategist behind the state’s Democratic shift. You'd think she would be doing better as the Real™ Incumbent Governor, right? NEWNAN, Ga. — Georgia Democrats have grown increasingly pessimistic about Stacey Abrams’s chances of ousting Gov. Brian Kemp from office, pointing to her struggles to rally key parts of her party’s coalition and her inability to appeal to a slice of moderate Republican voters who can decide the state’s elections. Public and private polls have consistently shown her trailing Mr. Kemp, a Republican seeking a second term. And, in a particularly worrying sign for Ms. Abrams, polls also show she is drawing less support than the other high-profile Democrat on the ballot, Senator Raphael Warnock, who is seeking a first full term. The gap between the two Democrats, which is within the margin of error in some recent surveys and as wide as 10 points in others, highlights the extent of her struggles. Though she is beloved by Democratic voters, she has lost some ground with Black men, who provided crucial backing in her narrow loss to Mr. Kemp in 2018. And while Mr. Warnock draws some support from Republican moderates, Ms. Abrams — who has been vilified more by the G.O.P. than any other statewide figure — has shown little sign of peeling off significant numbers of disaffected Republicans. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 It is not the early voting that concerns me in Georgia; it is the voting that occurs after the polls close. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-09-08 20:00 |
| #10 Perhaps black men are beginning to come to their senses. That would be nice. |
| Posted by: Tom 2022-09-08 15:52 |
| #9 She struggles to get up the stairs. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-09-08 14:40 |
| #8 Struggled, like a well-fed walrus straining to heave its quivering bulk onto an ice floe. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-09-08 14:34 |
| #7 If I have to hear this bitch for 4 years I will rip my eardrums out. |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-09-08 10:53 |
| #6 ^ Wow! You had to go there, DooDahMan?? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-09-08 07:37 |
| #5 @#2 - Whew, now you got me thinking of her morning war crimes what we might call "morning constitutional". |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-09-08 07:14 |
| #4 ...I'm starting to believe that President Of United Earth Abrams (she got a fairly nice little cameo on Star Trek: Discovery last season) is suffering from Hilary!'s Disease. This is a malady found only in politicians, and notably in female politicians, who come to believe that a given office is rightfully theirs, and that election is inevitable. Mike |
| Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2022-09-08 06:55 |
| #3 the master strategist(s) behind the state’s Democratic shift Are all working behind the scenes and under the radar to subvert Georgia's election integrity. Boxcar's "radar cross-section" precludes "under the radar." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-09-08 06:48 |
| #2 Music to my ears Yeah, but you don't wanna hear Stacey Abrams struggle. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-09-08 06:44 |
| #1 A "fretful" NYT. Music to my ears. I suspect we will see record early voting turnout in Ga. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-09-08 06:41 |