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https://politicalwire.com/2020/09/15/most-senate-elections-reflect-presidential-votes/
Most Senate Elections Reflect Presidential Votes
September 15, 2020 at 6:45 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
Pew Research: The vast majority of the regular and special Senate elections held since 2012 122 of 139 have been won by candidates who belonged to or were aligned with the party that won that states most recent presidential race.
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Most Senate Elections Reflect Presidential Votes (Original Post)
babylonsister
Sep 2020
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yonder
(9,664 posts)1. Goodbye Mitch! I hope he's not an outlier.
Proud liberal 80
(4,167 posts)2. Don't mean you hope he is an outlier
Meaning Kentucky will go for Trump, but not McConnel
yonder
(9,664 posts)4. Of course, I hope Amy McGrath coattails a Biden victory
as the link suggested should be the case. A McConnell win would depart from the trend indicated by it - an outlier, a flyer, which I hope he does not become.
The biggest departures I want to see is tRump first and Mitch second.
babylonsister
(171,059 posts)3. Mitch and Lindsay. I would so love it. Could happen. nt
yonder
(9,664 posts)5. A Trifecta! Wouldn't that be something.
It looks like Lindsay's feeling some heat.