I think you mistakenly believe I was responding to you, but if you look closer I was replying to PollJunkie. I know you’re not doing that and yes both Democratic Senators from Georgia had close races they won to get their seats. I’m also firmly against anyone declaring a swing state “won” just because 1 strong GOP opponent decides not to run.
It’ll still be a competitive and tough race (less so with Trump in office than if Harris had won) regardless of who Republicans nominate because it’s still a firmly purple state that swings back and forth with a lot of swing voters (think Kemp/Warnock 2022 or Biden 2020/Trump 2024 voters).
If Herschel Walker of all people can get within 3 points, so can any GOP candidate and that to me qualifies as a close or tough race. Georgia has two almost equal sets of partisans that vote all Democratic or all Republican no matter who gets nominated and whoever wins or loses a statewide race comes down entirely to who the chunk of swing voters go for.
I am not being complacent here. It should be reminded that like AZ, Democrats have since 2021 won both Senate races in GA by a narrow margin.
I think you mistakenly believe I was responding to you, but if you look closer I was replying to PollJunkie. I know you’re not doing that and yes both Democratic Senators from Georgia had close races they won to get their seats. I’m also firmly against anyone declaring a swing state “won” just because 1 strong GOP opponent decides not to run.
It’ll still be a competitive and tough race (less so with Trump in office than if Harris had won) regardless of who Republicans nominate because it’s still a firmly purple state that swings back and forth with a lot of swing voters (think Kemp/Warnock 2022 or Biden 2020/Trump 2024 voters).
If Herschel Walker of all people can get within 3 points, so can any GOP candidate and that to me qualifies as a close or tough race. Georgia has two almost equal sets of partisans that vote all Democratic or all Republican no matter who gets nominated and whoever wins or loses a statewide race comes down entirely to who the chunk of swing voters go for.
No, I was responding to your previous comment. More specifically the argument you’re making in your first paragraph is what I am referring to.