(01-06-2021, 08:07 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I'm sure there will be a lot of post-mortems on the Georgia US Senate elections, and wildly varying opinions, but I wonder, did the fact that Trump was not on the ballot depress the Republican vote?  I am speculating that a lot of people voted November 3 because they wanted to vote for Trump, but then a lot of them stayed home January 5 because they lost interest.

The same could be said about the Democratic voters.  The fact that Trump wasn't on the ballot, they also stayed home because their enthusiasm to vote against Trump wasn't a direct option on the ballot.

By the looks of the Ossoff results, it appears that for every Republican that didn't vote, it was equally offset by a Dem not voting since the margin is very comparable to Biden's win.  

Regarding Loeffler, I think she suffered from the Hillary effect.  By that I mean, Hillary had a tight win vs Bernie so some of the Bernie supporters didn't vote for her.  If I recall correctly, Loeffler was in a tight battle against a fellow Republican in November so I think some of he opponents base did not vote for her.  As such she suffered a much bigger loss.  Attacking the Black Church in the bible belt sure didn't help her chances either.

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