hoo-ahh wrote:
Karen Handel (Republican) 51.9% 134,595Jon Ossoff (Democratic) 48.1% 124,893
So he spent $22 million for 125K votes?
Not just THAT:
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Kyle Wingfield posted a comparison on his social media account.
Nov. 2016: Rodney Stooksbury (D) spends $0, wins 124,917 votes in #GA6
June 2017: Jon Ossoff (D) spends $23M+, wins 124,893.
— Kyle Wingfield AJC (@kwingfieldajc) June 21, 2017
In Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, the Democrat candidate Rodney Stooksbury spent nothing -- nada, zip, zero, ZILCH -- and won 124,917 votes in November 2016.
In the same district just seven months later, Democrat candidate Jon Ossoff spent more than $23 million to win.... garnered 124,893 votes
Which is a NET LOSS of Dem votes...[/quote]
The other interesting thing is that in the primary, Ossoff got 48% of the vote.
In the runoff, after spending $23 million more on the campaign, he got the same 48% of the vote.
So the extra $23 million got him exactly no additional votes.