Why did the wave hit harder in the Upper Midwest + Kansas + Pennsylvania?
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« on: November 07, 2018, 10:57:20 AM »

MN-08 aside, what the Dems were able to do in Minnesota (taking back the State House), Wisconsin, Michigan (taking the Governorship and narrowing the once-extremely mighty GOP legislative leads), Iowa (3/4 seats to the Dems), Kansas (speaks for itself), and Pennsylvania was nothing short but spectacular given how rough the night was for them elsewhere.
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« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2018, 11:03:37 AM »

1) The Midwest is incredibly elastic.

2) Kobach was a terrible nominee. How bad do you have to be in order for former Republican Governors to endorse your Democratic opponent?

3) Pennsylvania had the court ordered new House map and it helped Democrats big time. PA was extremely gerrymandered before the change. It could have been a D+1 gain, or even no-gain with the old map.
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« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2018, 11:37:25 AM »

1) The Midwest is incredibly elastic.

2) Kobach was a terrible nominee. How bad do you have to be in order for former Republican Governors to endorse your Democratic opponent?

3) Pennsylvania had the court ordered new House map and it helped Democrats big time. PA was extremely gerrymandered before the change. It could have been a D+1 gain, or even no-gain with the old map.

PA New Map doesn't explain how Casey won by 13% & Wolf won by 17%. This is a state Trump won & where a GOP candidate won for the Senate seat only 2 years ago.

PA swung hard away from Trump & to the Dems in a major major way. IA was fantastic, WI & MI had good results, but PA was weird bad for Trump !
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« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2018, 01:59:10 PM »

Scott Wagner was an absolutely god awful candidate who lost money in a booming economy?
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« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2018, 02:15:29 PM »

MN - The DFL knows how to win a race
WI - State GOP Fatigue
MI - Snyder Fatigue, Flint Water Crisis, a paper tiger candidate that never materialized
IA - Tariff war hurt, like AZ the distribution of voters favor Democrats in the house
KS - Bad economy, Failed previous Governor, one of the worst GOP gubernatorial nominee this cycle, two highly competitive races boosted turnout
PA - Court decision, poor recruitment
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