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Maddow Tries To Blame Rain And Money For Ossoff Loss

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To be fair, there is precedent for bad weather effecting Democratic voter turnout. A 2007 study published in The Journal of Politics looked at presidential election turnout from 1948 - 2000 and concluded that “decreased voter turnout benefitted Republican candidates for the White House, with every inch of rain above normal garnering the Republican candidate an extra 2.5 percent of the vote,” according to US News.

Politico reports that Tuesday’s rainfall was exceptional:

At DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, which sits in the state's 5th District but is close to a heavily Democratic part of the 6th District, 4.8 inches of rain fell between noon and 6 p.m. Eastern Time. Over the past 30 years, the average rainfall for the entire month of June in the Atlanta area is 3.95 inches.


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so democrats are to damn lazy to vote in the rain ......... :lol:



Later, Maddow spun another story, claiming money was the cause of the Ossoff loss:

“Again, this is the special election in [6th] congressional district in Georgia. Democrat Jon Ossoff against Republican Ken Handel. If nothing else, we're getting a real-time result of what it means when more money is spent to try to win a congressional seat than at any other time and for any other seat in American history.”

Maddow made this remark without caveat. Considering her demographic, it's likely that Maddow's audience would take such a statement to mean Handel outspent Ossoff.

Here's the truth — the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the Jon Ossoff campaign itself raised a combined $28.6 million, while the Congressional Leadership Fund, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) and the Handel campaign itself raised a combined $16.7 million. Smaller groups contributed additional money with $2.6 million going to Ossoff, and $6 million going to Handel.
 
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