tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994679863347954941.post7629810685464679896..comments2023-04-15T11:32:36.760-04:00Comments on The Other Athens: The Morning AfterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994679863347954941.post-39491076440090372692007-06-23T11:28:00.000-04:002007-06-23T11:28:00.000-04:00yea, i really thought marlow would make the runoff...yea, i really thought marlow would make the runoff. and wasn't he like 115 votes from doing so? even if he had, i don't think he had a chance of beating whitehead.shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08550030978760885266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994679863347954941.post-36303758403918813672007-06-20T14:48:00.000-04:002007-06-20T14:48:00.000-04:00I don't know if it's that Marlow did so poorly, bu...I don't know if it's that Marlow did so poorly, but rather that Freeman and Paschall did so well. I mean, Marlow tallied 57 percent in Athens-Clarke County, but he struggled elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>There could be a variety of reasons for this. I think he put all of his eggs in the ACC basket, thinking that Freeman and Paschall wouldn't be factors, and that he'd get enough of a bump to make the runoff where he could then consolidate Democratic support (though that's just a hypothetical on my part).<BR/><BR/>That wasn't the case, of course, and Paschall's performance in the Augusta area hurt him. <BR/><BR/>A couple of other things ...<BR/><BR/>• GOP turnout was strong in the Augusta area, and they backed Whitehead hard;<BR/><BR/>• Democrats in those areas didn't gel around Marlow for some reason (his struggles in McDuffie County are interesting, particularly considering that's where Holley has sway) and either backed Paschall or stayed home (I hear Democratic turnout was low down there).Jmachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13949705691074218937noreply@blogger.com