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littlemissmartypants

(22,418 posts)
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:02 PM Sep 2019

Dan Bishop wins NC 9th

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by JudyM (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: NY Times

Dan Bishop
Rep.
89,941 50.8%
Dan McCready
Dem.
86,120 48.6
Jeff Scott
Lib.
715 0.4
Allen Smith
Green
344 0.2

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/10/us/elections/results-north-carolina-house-district-9-special-election.html



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Let us never forget, Bishop is the author of the so called bathroom bill, HB2. He's got to go!
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Dan Bishop wins NC 9th (Original Post) littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 OP
That's too bad. madaboutharry Sep 2019 #1
Trend favors democrats in 2020 at140 Sep 2019 #4
McCready lost by only .6 percent in 2018 onenote Sep 2019 #5
He is losing by a larger margin this time. LenaBaby61 Sep 2019 #13
republicans that didn't vote last year becsuse it's a red distrct JI7 Sep 2019 #17
2 points MFM008 Sep 2019 #19
Comparing a special to a general congressional election? Loki Liesmith Sep 2019 #22
To a different opponent. As a state senator it's possible Bishop was better liked by Repubs? CaptainTruth Sep 2019 #23
DAM!! bluestarone Sep 2019 #2
they haven't bdamomma Sep 2019 #3
92% reporting (193 of 210 precincts) nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 #8
and the New York Time reporting.......the Reds won. a kennedy Sep 2019 #12
NYT hasn't called it yet either--Just now called Adelante Sep 2019 #9
Yes they did....... a kennedy Sep 2019 #14
They did but now the page appears to be missing. Go figure. littlemissmartypants Sep 2019 #16
isn't this supposed to be solid red district ? JI7 Sep 2019 #6
Dems will go crying into the night over this loss Jake Stern Sep 2019 #18
they will never learn. nt yaesu Sep 2019 #7
odd that cd #3 @94% reports approx 105,000 votes questionseverything Sep 2019 #10
nc election site says they had 348,557 votes questionseverything Sep 2019 #27
also 4 precincts not reported according to state questionseverything Sep 2019 #28
Bunch of redneck deplorables aren't changing redstateblues Sep 2019 #11
Trump won that district by 10 or 12 points, I believe. Turin_C3PO Sep 2019 #20
"Getting rid of Trump is not going be a walk in the park." LenaBaby61 Sep 2019 #24
Too many rural areas (deplorables) in this highly gerrymandered district. Dawson Leery Sep 2019 #15
Trump will bray about this win incessantly. Lonestarblue Sep 2019 #21
North Carolina.......................51% of the ninth district in this special election............ turbinetree Sep 2019 #25
The court threw out their map again, and districts have to be redrawn for 2020, which should give vsrazdem Sep 2019 #26
They cheated in the original election and still win. WTF? brush Sep 2019 #29
Even after the Republicans committed blatant fraud, they still won. AJT Sep 2019 #30
Locking. JudyM Sep 2019 #31

madaboutharry

(40,153 posts)
1. That's too bad.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:06 PM
Sep 2019

But that is really close. People will say that close doesn’t count, but it does. Trump won this district by 12. The democrats shaved off nearly 10 points.

at140

(6,110 posts)
4. Trend favors democrats in 2020
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:09 PM
Sep 2019

Trend is your friend, as they say.

onenote

(42,383 posts)
5. McCready lost by only .6 percent in 2018
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:09 PM
Sep 2019

He is losing by a larger margin this time.

LenaBaby61

(6,965 posts)
13. He is losing by a larger margin this time.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:15 PM
Sep 2019

Not sure what he lost by last time with all the cheating being done by the good Preacher et al.

Secondly, looks like cheating pays sad as that is.

JI7

(89,182 posts)
17. republicans that didn't vote last year becsuse it's a red distrct
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:19 PM
Sep 2019

they thought they would win anyways probably made sure to come out this time .

MFM008

(19,782 posts)
19. 2 points
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:21 PM
Sep 2019

In a bright red district?

Loki Liesmith

(4,602 posts)
22. Comparing a special to a general congressional election?
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:28 PM
Sep 2019

Different turnout expectations.

CaptainTruth

(6,546 posts)
23. To a different opponent. As a state senator it's possible Bishop was better liked by Repubs?
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:28 PM
Sep 2019

bluestarone

(16,722 posts)
2. DAM!!
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:08 PM
Sep 2019

Close for NC though.

bdamomma

(63,658 posts)
3. they haven't
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:09 PM
Sep 2019

called it yet not on MSNBC

littlemissmartypants

(22,418 posts)
8. 92% reporting (193 of 210 precincts) nt
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:12 PM
Sep 2019

Adelante

(28,394 posts)
9. NYT hasn't called it yet either--Just now called
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:12 PM
Sep 2019

For Bishop.

littlemissmartypants

(22,418 posts)
16. They did but now the page appears to be missing. Go figure.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:17 PM
Sep 2019

It's the NY Times after all. I'm going to look for another source.

JI7

(89,182 posts)
6. isn't this supposed to be solid red district ?
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:10 PM
Sep 2019

those are close numbers

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
18. Dems will go crying into the night over this loss
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:19 PM
Sep 2019

but if the shoe were on the other foot (a solid blue district electing a Dem by only a few points) Republicans would be shouting from the rooftops that such tight numbers show the people are tired of the "far left Democrats".

In other words they'd spin a loss into a win.

We need to do the same, if for no other reason than to boost morale.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
7. they will never learn. nt
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:11 PM
Sep 2019

questionseverything

(9,631 posts)
10. odd that cd #3 @94% reports approx 105,000 votes
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:13 PM
Sep 2019

while cd#9 @94% reports approx. 180,000 votes

hopefully the democrats campaign is making sure that over preforming rural area actual has that many peops

remember this revote is happening because the repubs were caught cheating last time

questionseverything

(9,631 posts)
27. nc election site says they had 348,557 votes
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:59 PM
Sep 2019
https://er.ncsbe.gov/index.html?election_dt=09/10/2019&county_id=0&office=NCH&contest=0

186,928 were from cd9 race

which would leave 161,629 for cd #3


not what is being reported

questionseverything

(9,631 posts)
28. also 4 precincts not reported according to state
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 11:03 PM
Sep 2019

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
11. Bunch of redneck deplorables aren't changing
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:14 PM
Sep 2019

Let this be a wake up call. Getting rid of Trump is not going be a walk in the park

Turin_C3PO

(13,650 posts)
20. Trump won that district by 10 or 12 points, I believe.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:25 PM
Sep 2019

Bishop is going to win by a couple of percentage points. So I think we’re still in good shape.

LenaBaby61

(6,965 posts)
24. "Getting rid of Trump is not going be a walk in the park."
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:30 PM
Sep 2019

Sure won't be, because even if Dems come out en mass, I'm pretty sure russia will have yet another way to help their fascistic, treasonous, money-laundering, obese buddy get placed back into the White House.

And even in a more extreme measure, what if putin tells fatso to call off the 2020 elections? Who'll stop his fat ass? MoscowMitch & Lindsey the human anus will take a bullet for tRump (Lindsey would, not sure about MoscowMitch).

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
15. Too many rural areas (deplorables) in this highly gerrymandered district.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:17 PM
Sep 2019

Lonestarblue

(9,880 posts)
21. Trump will bray about this win incessantly.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:26 PM
Sep 2019

Of course he will take credit for it because he held a rally and told his supporters to get out and vote for Bishop. I’m disappointed, but I think it’s a reminder that beating Trump will not be a slam dunk. We’ll need to get out every vote possible and try to guard against Republican cheating.

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
25. North Carolina.......................51% of the ninth district in this special election............
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:38 PM
Sep 2019

said that it is just fine fine and dandy to condone past cheating, and to continue being bigots, basically..................while 48% said that it was not fine and dandy to cheat in the past election....................

vsrazdem

(2,176 posts)
26. The court threw out their map again, and districts have to be redrawn for 2020, which should give
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 10:48 PM
Sep 2019

us much better odds in 2020.

brush

(53,475 posts)
29. They cheated in the original election and still win. WTF?
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 11:29 PM
Sep 2019

AJT

(5,240 posts)
30. Even after the Republicans committed blatant fraud, they still won.
Tue Sep 10, 2019, 11:36 PM
Sep 2019

JudyM

(29,122 posts)
31. Locking.
Wed Sep 11, 2019, 12:13 AM
Sep 2019

Alerted as a dupe of this earlier post, which OP has updated: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142366058

Discussion continues in that thread.

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