# Is Lindsay Graham going to lose his seat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 4, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199 "2020-10-04T18:11:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/41 "2020-10-07T22:50:16Z")
Nate Silver has it at about 75% chance that Graham keeps his seat. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/42 "2020-10-08T04:16:39Z")
> [@Uniqueorn](#): > > What happened to the short-lived “Lady G” meme? Was that seen as too far below the belt? I don’t think outing him would help. Most of SC suspects he’s gay. But, he’s the ‘good’ type of gay that keeps it in the closet and doesn’t rub your nose in it ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/43 "2020-10-08T12:36:17Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > I don’t think outing him would help. Most of SC suspects he’s gay. But, he’s the ‘good’ type of gay that keeps it in the closet and doesn’t rub your nose in it This. You don’t want to attack Graham for being gay (assuming he is) just like you wouldn’t want to attack Tim Scott for being black. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/44 "2020-10-08T15:41:03Z")
Wait, what, he’s black? _Really?_ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/45 "2020-10-08T15:42:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Wait, what, he’s black? _Really?_ Don’t tell anyone - he hasn’t come out to his parents yet. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/46 "2020-10-08T16:03:00Z")
Dammit, this is the kind of thing the voters of South Carolina deserve to know. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/47 "2020-10-08T16:44:44Z")
I’ve seen too many “dead heat” races with a Dem going up against an incumbent Rep. The Dem never wins, and I fear this time it will be the same. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/48 "2020-10-08T16:58:01Z")
And especially in SC, it is so inelastic, so red and so many people just don’t ’do Democrats’ as I was told repeatedly ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/49 "2020-10-08T17:42:20Z")
[FiveThirtyEight](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-did-lindsey-graham-end-up-in-such-a-close-race/) has an article up about this. The fact is that Democrats is South Carolina routinely get 40-45% of the vote through a combination of black and liberal white voters. It’s getting beyond that ceiling that’s proven difficult, as almost all other white voters simply will not vote for a Democratic candidate. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/50 "2020-10-08T23:34:10Z")
As for gay or lesbian politicians, the only time you want to attack them for being that is when they’re outright hypocrites. That is, if they publicly oppose LGBT+ rights while at the same time having lots of fun in that closet or something along those lines. Larry Craig, for example ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/51 "2020-10-08T23:37:49Z")
Doesn’t Lindsay Graham do this? Or no? ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/52 "2020-10-09T00:13:22Z")
I’ll be disappointed if Harrison doesn’t win, but I will take satisfaction in that it cost Graham a lot more money than he expected and made him (and the GOP at large) utterly miserable for months. It doesn’t balance out, but it helps. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/53 "2020-10-09T13:35:18Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Doesn’t Lindsay Graham do this? Or no? Not as far as anyone knows. I don’t think he’s ever been known to have been in a relationship. He’s probably asexual. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/54 "2020-10-09T16:10:42Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > as almost all other white voters simply will not vote for a Democratic candidate. but they may not turn out at all ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/55 "2020-10-09T16:55:22Z")
A lot of southern states now have Dems get 45% of the vote. It’s the last 6% they have a problem with. I’m a rare person. A white southern guy who normally votes Dem. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/56 "2020-10-09T17:20:12Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I don’t think he’s ever been known to have been in a relationship. He’s probably asexual. I thought I read (on this board, IIRC) that Lindsay had a live-in partner, and that it was widespread, but not talked about, knowledge. Was that wrong? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/57 "2020-10-09T19:00:22Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I thought I read (on this board, IIRC) that Lindsay had a live-in partner, and that it was widespread, but not talked about, knowledge. Was that wrong? I’ve never heard that and I can’t find anything about that from a quick search that I just did. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/58 "2020-10-09T19:31:55Z")
As I said, it was just an uncited mention, so it could be complete hogwash. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/59 "2020-10-10T01:00:52Z")
No debate tonight – Graham refuses to take COVID test: > **[South Carolina Senate debate scrapped after Harrison calls for Graham to get...](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/520443-south-carolina-senate-debate-scrapped-after-harrison-calls-for-graham-to/)** > > Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Jaime Harrison, his Democratic opponent, will not debate Friday night as scheduled over a disagreement over taking coronavirus tests before they face off against ea… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199/60 "2020-10-10T01:36:32Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > No debate tonight – Graham refuses to take COVID test: Why would he not take one? That looks massively suspicious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lindsay-graham-going-to-lose-his-seat/922199.md?page=4)