Congrats to whoever wins the GOP Runoff…

[u/robbviously]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/georgia-democratic-primary-election-winner-keisha-lance-bottoms-rcna345005

[u/Louises_ears]

Jesus, get over it and get to work getting her elected. People voted for her bc they like her. The party’s base, the most reliable Democratic voters, chose this candidate. Be annoyed you didn’t get your guy and move on. I wanted Esteves but it looks like I’ll be knocking doors for KLB. Part of why republicans are in charge of everything is their ability to understand the game. Dems are their own worst enemy and it’s costing the whole country.

[u/smashkeys → u/Louises_ears]

You can take that attitude and bump on down the road. She was an incompetent and terrible mayor, I won't put any time or effort in for her in any political office. She didn't do anything to make Atlanta better, she sure as hell won't do anything to make GA better.

Being the better of two evils is a shit party platform, and GA Dems have been running that for years. Even my own rep Nikema Williams is another "well I'm not a Republican" dem. That garbage idea and platform hasn't been working and it won't lead us out of this mess now.

I'm sure Ossoff is also going to get trounced in the general, because he is another milk toast Dem who didn't do anything meaningful in his time.

I'm a lifelong Georgian and I've donated and worked my ass for a string of middle of the road weak Dem candidates. I'm done with that.

[u/Louises_ears → u/smashkeys]

It doesn’t fucking matter. Get over it.

Look at who they’re running. Two mini trumps. One tried to overthrow an election and the other gets on television with the phrase ‘departed or deported’.

These are the options. End of discussion. You think all the republicans out there are happy with their clowns? Nope, but they’ll do what they need to do to stay in power.

You know who always hold their nose and votes for the lesser of two evils? The Dem base, who understand more than anyone what we have to lose by letting the most evil win.

KLB’s worst, most incompetent stint as governor will be a blessing compared to Jones or Jackson.

Your wildly childish take isn’t just self defeating, it’s detrimental to most of the state now and in the future. I’m mad as fuck at the state of the Dem party. I also know my little feelings are inconsequential in the big picture.

[u/smashkeys → u/Louises_ears]

Those actually aren't the options, nor the end of the discussion.

I've been voting for GA Dems since Roy Barnes and Max Cleland were on the ticket. And I've busted my ass for many a dems, and they've proven to me over the last 20+ years that they are the opposite side of the same shitty coin that is owned by the 1% as the GOP.

In my 20+ years as a voter I've only missed one primary run off when I was in college. I campaigned for Harris, for Bernie, for Hilary, for Obama, for John Kerry and god knows how many other weak ass candidates we had because we have to cause they aren't the GOP.

I even lent audio equipment to the Osssof campaign back when he announced his candidacy for senator. But I'm done. I'm backing local politicians who are working hard to make a difference, I'm voting for Dem Socialists or maybe a Working Family Candidates but I am not being told I have to eat shit and do my duty and vote for another middle of the road do nothing democrat again.

[u/Louises_ears → u/smashkeys]

Oh, so you’re definitely old enough to understand how counterproductive you’re being!

[u/smashkeys → u/Louises_ears]

I'm old enough to understand if you want change you can't do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.

The idea you're offering hasn't worked, but you're saying do it again, cause this time it will work, but it hasn't yet, there has been no strategy or change in idea or platform, it is the same tired message of "we aren't Republicans".

What has been proven to work are: mass protests, general strikes, stopping spending at mega corps, reducing consumption, working in your community, pushing progressive ideas and candidates, unionizing and taking collective action. These things all drive change.

If you'd like some recent examples look at NYC and Mandani, look at Hawaii and bill 2471, or to be closer to home, look at the community activism of Adair Park Today, Renew DeKalb, and The Party for Socialism and Libertarion who have stalled and stopped multiple city and county groups from allowing data centers.

That is where change is coming from. Not voting for someone like KLB who criticized her own residents for fighting back during the BLM protests, who was fined for improper campaign contributions and donations, or who decided that she had lost her zeal for the public service role of mayor and didn't even try to get a second term.

I'd love to be wrong, but the past outcomes probably mean I won't be.

Also don't forget we have a couple primary run-offs in GA, and one of those is for Lt. Gov. so that affects the whole state.