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Tue Nov 12, 2024, 03:42 PM Nov 12

How the Senate Map Explains Trump's Win

How the Senate Map Explains Trump’s Win

November 11, 2024 at 8:22 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 193 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/11/11/how-the-senate-map-explains-trumps-win/

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“As Democrats continue to shift into recrimination mode about exactly what happened last Tuesday evening, they’ve found blame in lots of places — demographic shifts, inflation, concerns about immigration and even the wide world of podcasts,” Politico reports.

“But digging into the raw vote totals in the Senate and the presidential race suggests the problem may have been more about Kamala Harris — or perhaps more likely, her ties to the Biden administration — than the party itself.”

“In presidential election years, when voter turnout swells, presidential candidates often receive more votes than Senate candidates, even Senate incumbents. Yet this year, 11 of the 14 Senate Democratic incumbents up for reelection won more votes in their states than Harris.”

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How the Senate Map Explains Trump's Win (Original Post) applegrove Nov 12 OP
This is less a sign of Harris' problems Charging Triceratops Nov 12 #1
Sounds like Harris was just less popular than those candidates. tritsofme Nov 12 #2
1. This is less a sign of Harris' problems
Tue Nov 12, 2024, 04:38 PM
Nov 12

And more a sign of election chicanery ... again.

HOW did Casey outperform Harris in PA?
HOW did Slotkin outperform Harris in MI?
HOW did Gallego outperform Harris in AZ?

All three swing-state down-ballot situations are just not kosher.

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