fivethirtyeight.com - 12/2/2008
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The general is away, but the troops are at battle. If Barack Obama isn't coming to rain-soaked Georgia, his ground organization is very much here. In addition to the existing Georgia organizing infrastructure that has stayed on board, at least fifty outside organizers showed up in Georgia within ...
realclearpolitics.com - 11/26/2008
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realclearpolitics.com —
Race Summary Sen. Saxby Chambliss, running for a
second term, was unable to win 50% of the
vote Nov. 4, forcing a runoff with Democratic challenger Jim Martin. Chambliss narrowly missed winning outright, taking 49.8% of the vote to Martin's 46.8%. For ...
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Election 2008 - Georgia Senate - Runoff
thenextright.com - 12/2/2008
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thenextright.com —
The latest Public Policy Polling (D) poll out
of Georgia has Saxby Chambliss up by 7 points
-- 53-46 (that's not a lot of undecideds). And reading FiveThirtyEight , it's not hard to see why: Whatever turns out to be the case, at the close of ...
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If Saxby Wins by 5+ Turnout Mattered on 11/4
article.nationalreview.com - 12/1/2008
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If Saxby Wins by 5+ Turnout Mattered on 11/4
The Next Right —
The latest Public Policy Polling (D) poll out of Georgia has Saxby Chambliss up by 7 points -- 53-46 (that's not a lot of undecideds). And reading FiveThirtyEight, it's not hard to see why:
Whatever turns out to be the case, at the close of early voting Wednesday, according to the Secretary of State's office 345,564 had voted, and 22.5% of those votes were African-American, an ominous dropoff from the 34.5% of black early voters for the general election.
If Saxby does manage to significantly expand from his 3 point lead on ...
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