the (D) candidate is leading with 64% of the vote,

Nelson?

this would be the 5th district they've flipped this year...

no, special election, Kentucky

oh, well, at the moment the GOP doesn't have the best name recognition does it

Even if this blows over soon, if November 6 was tomorrow, that blue wave would be there.

Who's the candidate she's facing

@FLanon If

And if it was tomorrow, the GOP would have already calibrated to that

I learned my lesson when watching special elections since the Alabama one

I had a sleepless night due to the sense of defeat

@Kevin What lesson ?

also, no reason to get a sense of defeat from that

you know,

if Trump sent out a tweet, saying,

@🎃Boo-ton🎃 You were there on that particular night

"Hey Kentucky, Special Election, go out and vote. Thanks"

@Red Storm (in NYC) Not to get too worked up about special elections

this could be avoided

Hmm, I wonder what kind of impact Trump tweeting would have

Do Republicans forget about special elections recently

There seems to be low Rep turn out

HOLY SHIT

in special elections across the country

A **86** POINT SHIFT TO DEMOCRATS

@Red Storm (in NYC)

**_86_**

what

What figure is that relevant to?

Elections nationwide?

or Kentucky

@🎃Boo-ton🎃

http://i.4cdn.org/pol/1519173367326.jpg

lol stop acting like a Californian @🎃Boo-ton🎃

it looks like Dan Johnson won in 2016 because of the boost he got from people turning out for Trump and voting Republican down ballot

otherwise, it's a Democrat seat that the GOP candidate didn't bother putting much effort in

also, Dan Johnson won by less than 200 votes in 2016

it does go to show however, that if turnout in these special elections was like turnout for Trump, we would have BTFO in every race

we would have won in Alabama by massive margins

and Virginia

maybe even New Jersey