2008: Douglas vs Warner

[CatoMinor]

Jim Douglas (R-VT)/ Tom Ridge (R-PA) vs Mark Warner (D-VA)/Brad Henry (D-OK)

By an act of god these men made it through the 2008 primaries.
Discuss with maps.

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

Jim Douglas has a lot of cross-appeal in this scenario. He manages to keep Warner at 50% in many Democratic states, and also keeps him at 50% in many Republican states.

[CatoMinor]

I think it would be a narrow win for the GOP's moderate wing.

[Bo]

Jim Douglas has a lot of cross-appeal in this scenario. He manages to keep Warner at 50% in many Democratic states, and also keeps him at 50% in many Republican states.

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This. 2008 was destined to be a Democratic year due to Bush's unpopularity, and Douglas's position on abortion alienates many conservatives.

[Thomas D]

Warner 294-244. I'm not very confident in this map. It's so hard to figure out how a race like this would turn out.

[feeblepizza]

A narrow victory for the RINOs

[#CriminalizeSobriety]

I don't know why everybody else seems to think Douglas would do so well.

In any other election year, perhaps, but in 2008, when so many people are already disaffected with the Republican Party, a guy like Warner would crush Douglas.

Here's the results from Warner's 2008 Senate race:



Comparatively, this is the 2008 General Election race:

[Kaine for Senate '18]