Dec.08

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Dem 51

   

GOP 49

Takeaways from Georgia

In the end, Georgia wasn't all that close. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) won by almost 3 points. There were plenty of takeaway pieces. Let's take a look at them.

• Republicans chose a deeply flawed candidate
• Walker's loss turns up the heat on Trump
• Georgia is in play in 2024
• Democrats have built a turnout machine in Georgia
• Democrats overcame a restrictive new voting law

• Warnock did it with early voting and heavy turnout in blue areas
• From bad to worse for Trump
• Democrats will have it easier in the Senate now
• 2022 Was a status quo election

• Trump keeps losing
• 51 Seats in the Senate is a big deal
• Brian Kemp is the real winner in Georgia

• 51st Seat gives the Democrats a true majority
• Georgia is now a swing state until further notice
• The Democratic turnout machine strikes again
• Trump fumbles another Senate seat
• Kemp couldn't convince the ticket-splitters

• Democrats get breathing room in the Senate
• Trump dealt another blow
• Warnock delivered on expectations
• Turnout was high
• All eyes now shift to 2024

• Democrats expand their margin in the Senate
• Warnock won it in Atlanta and its suburbs
• Walker's loss extends tough cycle for Trump and Republicans
• Next up: gubernatorial races in 2023 in Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi

The big themes seem to be how Trump took yet another hit and how the Democrats will have it a bit easier in 2023 in the Senate. But, of course, that is limited consolation for losing the House.

We also looked for takeaways from Fox. Wednesday morning, the Fox site had the Georgia race down in he corner:

For Fox, the big stories yesterday were the firing of the Loudoun County school superintendent, why football player Andrew Luck quit the NFL, and that Elon Musk fired one of his lawyers. Only then do we get to Georgia. The actual story was low-key and just stated the basic facts. Trump was mentioned only once, in a sentence saying that he had encouraged Walker to run. (V)