"Warning for fall election: The COVID-19 denial crowd did terrific in last week’s voting"

[Emily]

I'm not supporting the writer's bias by posting this, but he offers insight and if we see unexpected shifts in mass media bias and public health advice and restrictions, this could be why.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl...nial-crowd-did-terrific-in-last-weeks-voting/

Warning for fall election: The COVID-19 denial crowd did terrific in last week’s voting
Aug. 12, 2020 at 6:00 am Updated Aug. 12, 2020 at 6:54 am

By Danny Westneat
Seattle Times columnist
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“It amazes me that Republicans did better than expected with such a high turnout. It’s not supposed to work that way. … Something is going on,” tweeted Olympia lobbyist Martin Flynn.

Flynn also pointed to the 8th Congressional District, a seat held by a seemingly popular doctor, Kim Schrier, and considered relatively safe for the Democrats in this year of the toxic Trump. But a field of no-name Republicans is outpolling the Democratic votes in the primary by about 2 percentage points — a result Flynn said is “just a shock.”

The voter turnout statewide was the highest for a primary since at least 1964...