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Ben Shapiro's take away from last night's election
Saw someone retweet this this morning and for the 1st time I think agree w/ Ben. "In the 7 special elections that were held in 2017, the avg shift from 2016 results were D+16. Tonight it is D+20. 2018 will be very, very ugly unless something cataclysmic happens for the GOP."
"Worth noting all the normal factors should be cutting in the GOP's favor outside of being the party in power. The economy is good and we have no serious foreign crisis. Which says that the popularity of the Pres is a serious factor in Dem turnout."
He goes on to say if Dems continue to run candidates like Lamb the blowout will be worse.