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Greg Gianforte vs Rob Quist

Ew boy....


Rob Quist (Democratic) 47.6% 75,998
Greg Gianforte (Republican) 46.9% 74,906
Mark Wicks (Libertarian) 5.5% 8,758

18% Precincts Reporting, 159,662 Total Votes
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reinoe said:
Quist is gonna win it. The media went all in to defend one of their own.
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Yeah, we all know what a dangerous weapon a microphone in your face is....:)

Tell me something, are you just a troll looking for responses, or are you really this uncouth in real life?
 
Chillfolks said:
Winner take all steel cage match on the Senate floor would boost CSPAN ratings.

Have it as the undercard for the "Rumbler with the Bumbeler" aka Trumps State of the Union


It will be interesting to see who wins tonight glad I don't have to choose
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I can see a "Mental Midget" main card with Trump highlighting the match.
 
It certainly looks like all the reports of the race being tight before yesterday's incident were bunk. These early votes would equate to an easy double digit win for Gianforte. I guess we'll see when today's votes come in whether it created the massive swing Democrats needed.
 
Chomsky said:
CNN is reporting there's been a fair amount voters out against the reporter in the incident.

A lot of animosity towards CNN's presence, too. I'd expect nothing less in Trump country.
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I'm actually surprised. Montana always came across as one of the most purple of states.
 
Aaaaaaand it's almost a tie now...

Greg Gianforte (Republican) 47.3% 86,296

Rob Quist (Democratic) 47% 85,773

Mark Wicks (Libertarian) 5.7% 10,454

18% Precincts Reporting, 182,523 Total Votes
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Tanngrisnir said:
Thing is, he's never been elected; he can't get reelected in this case.

If Ryan and house GOP had any sort of moral compass, if he wins he'd refuse to seat him.
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Ryan would have to acquire some morals first. That is about as likely as Trump going to sex abuse classes.
 
Anagram said:
It certainly looks like all the reports of the race being tight before yesterday's incident were bunk. These early votes would equate to an easy double digit win for Gianforte. I guess we'll see when today's votes come in whether it created the massive swing Democrats needed.
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Don't think those reports were bunk. Other than it's not the race tightening... it's the polls tightening. And polls don't mean squat when the vast bulk of the votes have already been cast before those reports were made.
 
Vetplus40 said:
Ryan would have to acquire some morals first. That is about as likely as Trump going to sex abuse classes.
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Indeed. That's the point.

Ryan is a whore.

But his future in the next few months should be most, most interesting.
 
Vetplus40 said:
Yeah, we all know what a dangerous weapon a microphone in your face is....:)

Tell me something, are you just a troll looking for responses, or are you really this uncouth in real life?
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It must tear you up inside that Goddess Hillary, the anointed one, lost to Trump. The bitterness oozes out of every single one of your posts.
 
poweRob said:
Don't think those reports were bunk. Other than it's not the race tightening... it's the polls tightening. And polls don't mean squat when the vast bulk of the votes have already been cast before those reports were made.
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The polls were supposedly tightening before voting even started. Republicans started sounding the alarm here weeks ago, but it looks like that was just managing expectations.
 
Anagram said:
It certainly looks like all the reports of the race being tight before yesterday's incident were bunk. These early votes would equate to an easy double digit win for Gianforte. I guess we'll see when today's votes come in whether it created the massive swing Democrats needed.
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What data are you referring to here, if you don't mind?
 
Anagram said:
It certainly looks like all the reports of the race being tight before yesterday's incident were bunk. These early votes would equate to an easy double digit win for Gianforte. I guess we'll see when today's votes come in whether it created the massive swing Democrats needed.
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You don't forecast, disillusionment with Trumpdom?
 
Chomsky said:
Interesting, but I'm not happy seeing those votes mainly came from the counties with cities.
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Edit...oops I read that wrong....Gianforte is pulling ahead....

Greg Gianforte (Republican) 47.6% 90,871

Rob Quist (Democratic) 46.7% 89,118

Mark Wicks (Libertarian) 5.7% 10,901

19% Precincts Reporting, 190,890 Total Votes
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poweRob said:
Don't think those reports were bunk. Other than it's not the race tightening... it's the polls tightening. And polls don't mean squat when the vast bulk of the votes have already been cast before those reports were made.
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Polling in special elections has a wide margin of error.. at least according to a 538 piece I read today.
 
Chomsky said:
What data are you referring to here, if you don't mind?
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I don't have any data for the reports of the race being tight. That just came from unnamed Republican sources.

As for what these results would mean for Gianforte's statewide win, I'm just comparing these results to the Trump/Clinton and Bullock/Gianforte races last year.
 
Winston said:
Polling in special elections has a wide margin of error.. at least according to a 538 piece I read today.
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Quist is underperforming Bullock in key counties. Once the dozens of small population trump counties come in, this one will look like Kansas-4.

And that's with the Libertarian with enough vote to possibly be larger than the victory margin. Still closing the gap though.

Now we get to make Gianforte another face of the trump/GOP which is winning their battle to muzzle the press .
 
NIMBY said:
Quist is underperforming Bullock in key counties. Once the dozens of small population trump counties come in, this one will look like Kansas-4.

And that's with the Libertarian with enough vote to possibly be larger than the victory margin. Still closing the gap though.

Now we get to make Gianforte another face of the trump/GOP which is winning their battle to muzzle the press .
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Almost assuredly the votes being reported so far are the mail in ballots which isn't going to bode well for Gianforte.
 
Interesting though, that CNN is reporting a near tie with 44% reported.

It's also interesting that it seems in this state the urban areas report earlier than the rural!
 
NIMBY said:
winning their battle to muzzle the press .
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In this day and age a muzzled press is a good press is a good press. When they learn to separate editorializing from the information and leave the biased opinion out of it. I had to stop donating to NPR because they are out of control.
 
Gianforte ahead with 36% of precincts reporting..


Greg Gianforte (Republican) 48% 94,360

Rob Quist (Democratic) 46.2% 90,811

Mark Wicks (Libertarian) 5.7% 11,244

36% Precincts Reporting, 196,415 Total Votes


President Donald Trump won Montana by a margin of 20.6 percent in 2016. This represents an increase in the relative support for the Republican nominee from the previous two presidential elections. Mitt Romney (R) won the district by 13.7 percent in 2012, and John McCain (R) won the district by 2.2 percent in 2008.
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For Trump to win by 20%....this race has proven to be a lot tighter than some predicted.
 
NIMBY said:
Quist is underperforming Bullock in key counties. Once the dozens of small population trump counties come in, this one will look like Kansas-4.

And that's with the Libertarian with enough vote to possibly be larger than the victory margin. Still closing the gap though.

Now we get to make Gianforte another face of the trump/GOP which is winning their battle to muzzle the press .
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He's outperforming HRC though, according to numbers I just looked at.

BTW, Garfield county, last November, HRC took 4.7% of the vote..

LMAO!

I'd love to stroll down Main St. in a Black Lives Matter T-shirt there.
 
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