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This district is one of those southern, diversifying, high education suburbs that Donald Trump did very poorly in relative to other Republicans. Price won re-election by 23, Romney won it in 2012 by 23, but Trump won it by 2. It could be a major test case both A. if the current energy on the left is enough to drive turnout to start winning special elections (Delaware was hopefully a good sign here) and B. if these higher education, diverse suburbs in places like Georgia and Texas may flip Dem if the Gop brand can totally be tied to Donald Trump. Ossoff winning this race would be taken as a significant sign that the Democrats have a real chance to take the house, and put a lot more pressure on Republicans in congress now to break from Trump to try to save themselves. It could be a lot like Scott Brown in 2010, which was a precursor of the republican 2010 wave and sapped support from Obama for other legislation. Basically, it is potentially a Really Big Deal.
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Ossoff's single payer answer is because he (almost certainly correctly) believes the voters in the district he is trying to represent do not want single payer. It is a very high income(one of the highest in the country) district that leans republican. It isn't because of "the donor class", particularly given his donor support has overwhelmingly been the small donor base. It isn't because he personally doesn't support single payer, and I think he would likely support it in the event of an actual vote. It is because it isn't a good issue to run on in the georgia 6th because the vast majority of voters are not left wing. He probably could have phrased his answer better.
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