The Bulwark: The Georgia Primary Is Pure Misery for the GOP (w/ Greg Bluestein)

[marmar]

May 16, 2026 The Focus Group Podcast with Sarah Longwell

Georgia’s primaries for Governor and U.S. Senate have LOTS of things for political nerds (like you, dear listener) to chew on. But the Republican and Democratic voters we talked to felt pretty sick of politics.

Some of what we learned:
-How Republicans feel about their chances against Jon Ossoff in the fall (not good)
-Why a Trump-like billionaire is overshadowing Trump’s endorsed candidate for governor
-Whether Democratic voters will tolerate a former Republican Lieutenant Governor running as a Democrat

[Ilsa]

1. The GOP ads are killing me!

Plus, I've gotten phone calls and texts from them asking who I was voting for in their primary. Moreover they sound shocked when this little old lady with an English sounding name is a Democrat.

I would consider voting for Raffensberger if it cheated jones or jackson out of a victory, but it appears to be a jones/jackson tie. I don't agree with Raffensberger, but at least he's ethical. Jones is corrupt, and Jackson's TV ads are too stupid while he links himself to trump.