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im_at_work_now t1_iw57qle wrote

Reply to comment by AladdinDaCamel in Election Update -Pennsylvania - Great take for the state of PA by TheUltimateSalesman

And, really, the only people in Georgia switching votes will be the ones who voted libertarian, and they'll go R. Best hope is to turn out new voters there.

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[deleted] t1_iw5aqz6 wrote

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realhighstonerguy t1_iw5kga2 wrote

Ehhh Libertarians are pretty much just Republicans who smoke weed. And despite Republicans being the ones opposing legislation, a good portion will probably go R.

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PermissionToConnect t1_iw6a8xb wrote

I believe all candidates that ran still go on the ballot again in a runoff, so they will most likely just vote for the same person again

Edit: I said "I believe" I don't live in Georgia lol

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PermissionToConnect t1_iw6a6qn wrote

Georgia allows new voter registrations heading into a runoff and you are also able to fix your ballot if it was defective. It has also been stated plenty that Walker was only helped by Kemp also being on the ballot, as he received 500k fewer votes than Kemp. Warnock is in a much better position going into this than Walker is.

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themollusk t1_iw7aca8 wrote

I agree that the overwhelming majority of libertarian voters are just republicans in disguise, but:

Control of the Senate is no longer on the line with the Georgia runoff. It's going to determine if it's a 50/50 split or 51/49, both in favor of the Dems.

And Kemp isn't on the ticket to help Walker.

Those two things could head to significantly lower enthusiasm in the R vote.

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ycpa68 t1_iw7miy4 wrote

I'd bet more libertarian voters just don't show up. My theory is the "Libertarians" that are actually Rs in disguise always fill out the ballot for the R when push comes to shove. Then there are true believers. They hate both major parties and won't show up in a runoff. Finally, there are the disillusioned Rs. If you poke around /r/neoliberal you'll find a huge pipeline of people, myself included, who grew up in conservative areas, became disillusioned with Republicans but still were convinced Democrats are evil, made a stop off at libertarianism, realized democrats aren't evil, and became moderate Democrats.

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