Georgia Republican Secretary of State Race Is a Virtual Tie

The Georgia Republican primary race for Secretary of State is deadlocked in a virtual tie.

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger does lead his primary challenger, U.S. Representative Jody Hice (R-GA-10); however, the lead is well within the poll’s 4.3 percent margin of error.

Raffensperger, in a situation that many political observers consider alarming for an incumbent, polls at far less than fifty percent.

According to a poll conducted by Emerson College Polling/The Hill, Raffensperger leads Hice 28.6 percent to 26.1 percent, a margin of 2.5 percentage points. 36.6 percent of those surveyed are undecided. Former President Donald Trump, upset by Raffensperger’s actions as secretary of state in conjunction with the 2020 elections, has endorsed Hice.

Trump issued a statement when he endorsed Hice. “Jody has been a steadfast fighter for conservative Georgia values and is a staunch ally of the America First agenda. Unlike the current Georgia Secretary of State, Jody leads out front with integrity,” he said. “I have 100 percent confidence in Jody to fight for Free, Fair, and Secure Elections in Georgia, in line with our beloved U.S. Constitution. Jody will stop the Fraud and get honesty into our Elections! Jody loves the people of Georgia, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement.”

Historically, undecideds tend to break for the challenger. Additionally, support for President Trump has been notoriously hard to poll and it is possible that could continue for candidates that he has endorsed. Shy Trump voters in the past have either not answered polling or misrepresented their voting intentions. That could wind up being the case for Hice’s supporters.

Georgia’s primaries are scheduled to occur on May 24. If no candidate achieves 50 percent plus one vote, then a primary runoff becomes necessary. ***

Sample consisted of 509 likely voters. That means the sample was not restricted to republican voters. That is because GA has open primaries. Same sample has Kemp over Perdue by 11 points. Of course the Dems will vote in the Republican primaries for Kemp and Raffensburger. After all, if the real Democrats lose in November, then next best thing for Dems is to see a RINO traitor elected.

There is the "silent Trump voter" syndrome effect to consider, which I think is going to be at least double what it was in 2016. I would imagine that this "sample" went through thousands of people before it got to above 500 sampled. And ain't it funny how these polling companies will NEVER publish that number? Answer: because a poll of 500 people giving the lead to RINOs would be meaningless if you knew that 2000 people told the pollster to pound sand before they could find 500 participants. That would mean if the people who refused to be part of the poll had accepted, they are more than likely Trump voters and these poll numbers would be very different.

Republicans will need to turn out for the primary as if their lives depended on it. If Kemp and Raffensburger win their respective primaries, it will be due to Democrat cross-over votes. If that is the case, then get used to the Water Buffalo being governor, along with a Democrat Secretary of State. I can't envision a single Trump voter turning out for Kemp or Raffensburger in the general.

CAUGHT ON TAPE: Brad Raffensperger Begged For Chinese Votes
Georgia Has A Manchurian Secretary of State?
by PATRICK HOWLEY January 4, 2021 in NATIonal File News

Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was placed into office in the Georgia House of Representatives in 2015 by a powerful network of Mandarin-speaking Chinese people in the United States of America. NATIONAL FILE has obtained video of Raffensperger speaking at an event with Mandarin-speaking Chinese people, begging the Chinese people to get him more than 100 votes to secure his victory in the election (which he ended up winning by 159 votes). A Mandarin-language newspaper that actively coordinates with United Front, a network controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, even explained the strategy to place Raffensperger into office by use of “absentee ballots” that could be obtained by one Chinese person and distributed to others. Raffensperger is trying to stop Communist China’s geopolitical foe President Donald Trump from gaining a proper accounting of the votes in the 2020 presidential election.
HERE IS A LINK TO RAFFENSBERGER MAKING A CALL IN MANDARIN CHINESE THANKING THE CHINESE FOR ELECTING HIM TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE IN 2015.

HERE IS A LINK TO A MANDARIN-LANGUAGE ARTICLE FROM 2015 in the “Atlanta America Chinese Life” publication at Americachineselife.com, a publication supporting Democrats in the January 2021 Georgia U.S. Senate runoffs.

THIS NEWSPAPER ACTIVELY COORDINATES WITH UNITED FRONT, A CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY NETWORK, AS EVIDENCED BY THIS ARTICLE DOCUMENTING THEIR MEETING.

The article about Raffensperger’s election in the United Front-linked newspaper can be translated into English via Google Translate, and states the following — emphasis added:
“One of the reasons why we did not participate in elections in the past was that “one more vote, one less vote has no effect on the results of the election.” This time is different. In the first round of election, there were only two candidates left in the 50th District of the House of Representatives where Johns Creek was located: Brad Raffensberger (sic) and Kelly Stewart.

They are all conservative Republicans, with almost the same political opinions. Only 2,500 of the 25,000 voters in the first round voted: Brad was only 26 votes behind Kelley.

Brad took the initiative to approach the Asian community to understand and listen to our voices. He visited the Chinese Dance and Culture School in the city center the previous weekend. Last Saturday he visited the Atlanta Modern Chinese School with more than 500 students.

On Sunday, he hosted 30 Chinese at home to talk about his ruling philosophy. As a city councillor, he also participated in the award ceremony of my boy scout team and spoke on behalf of the city government…

According to statistical calculations, we only need 100 Chinese votes this time to determine the outcome of the election and make Brad a victory. He will represent our voice in the state legislature in the future. We have already boasted about Haikou with him and guaranteed 100 votes. This is an excellent opportunity for us Asians to show their strength. Your vote has never been so important. Election day is Tuesday, February 3. If you can’t vote in person on the day of something, I can apply for an absentee ballet (sic) for you. After you receive it, you can fill in and send it out. Due to the tight mailing time, if you need, please email me vale@PingMortgage.com.

In addition, in the municipal council election in September this year, Chinese people are likely to stand for election. Thank you for your attention…Xiao Yu”

(NOTE: Georgia law forbids people applying for absentee ballots for other people except if the person is out of the county temporarily or if the person applying is a direct relative of the voter).

HERE IS A 2017 ARTICLE IN WHICH THE SAME CHINESE-LANGUAGE PUBLICATION BRAGS ABOUT HANDPICKING RAFFENSPERGER FOR OFFICE, stating, “After a month of hard work and help from the Chinese, he finally won the final election…Shun aroused fighting spirit, so I and Brad reported the number of Chinese votes every hour. In the end, Brad won the victory. The numbers we quoted are very close, obviously the Chinese votes played a key role in winning.”

Pic....HERE IS A VIDEO OF RAFFENSPERGER SPEAKING AT THE EVENT, FOLLOWING A MANDARIN SPEAKER, BEGGING THE CHINESE PEOPLE FOR VOTES.

Raffensperger discusses absentee ballots at 0:48, discusses the number of votes he needs to win specifically at 1:12, hints at trading political favors with the expression “Out of little acorns, great trees grow” at 1:27, and again begging for votes at 3:12.

HERE IS MORE OF RAFFENSPERGER SPEAKING AT THE EVENT

HERE IS RAFFENSPERGER COORDINATING WITH THE CHINESE PEOPLE ON VOTING

HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT WHERE RAFFENSPERGER BEGGED FOR CHINESE VOTES

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