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minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up39·2 days agoLindsey Graham only got 54% last go… It’s far from impossible.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·2 days agoIt’s unlikely… But given the negativity across the board for Trump’s shit this year resulting in massive shifts in previously pretty strong Trump districts, combined with a baseline of only 54%… It’s not an impossibility at all.
minus-squarearrow74@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-22 days agoTrump helped turn Georgia blue in 2020 and has made it a senatorial swing state. He’s more unpopular now
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·2 days agoThis will be the best opportunity, but the last time was a Presidential election, not a mid term. Voter turnout is not the same. Look at the last mid term election: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina 672,942 - 54.27% 480,933 - 38.78%
Lindsey Graham only got 54% last go… It’s far from impossible.
It’s unlikely… But given the negativity across the board for Trump’s shit this year resulting in massive shifts in previously pretty strong Trump districts, combined with a baseline of only 54%… It’s not an impossibility at all.
Trump helped turn Georgia blue in 2020 and has made it a senatorial swing state. He’s more unpopular now
This will be the best opportunity, but the last time was a Presidential election, not a mid term. Voter turnout is not the same.
Look at the last mid term election:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_South_Carolina
672,942 - 54.27%
480,933 - 38.78%