"I don't believe in a living wage."Baldy wrote:70K less showed up because Handel was a horrible candidate.Skjellyfetti wrote:
Well, you're comparing a Presidential election year race vs. a runoff election in the middle of June. There is usually higher turnout for an election with a President on the ballot than one without. Essentially equaling the turnout with a President on the ballot isn't a bad thing.
On the other hand:
In 2016, the Republican got 201,088 votes
In the special election, the Republican got 134,595
Yeah, it was still enough to win. But ~70k less Republicans showed up.
It just can't get any better than this!