@davidslosttt He got carried by the wave. He won counties that haven't gone blue since LBJ won in 1964.
Becerra didn't campaign at all after winning the primary, and still got rewarded.
@IrishPatri0t2 Roy Cooper's winning margin in North Carolina was less than 3 points lower than Mark Warner's in Virginia. Michael Whatley did less than a point better than Warner's opponent did in Virginia.
@spicy1812 Democrats having the advantage with high-propensity suburban voters gives them a really high floor in midterm elections. It helps nullify red waves and can turn red tsunamis into mere red ripples.
@Socdem_Michael Incumbent governors are really hard to beat. That's why Whitmer, Evers, and Walz won with relative ease in 2022. It's also why everyone expected Lombardo and Abbott to win comfortably this year.
@the_blind_thing Zack Snyder's Superman was just Batman in a Superman costume. James Gunn's Superman was way more accurate to the comic books, even if it was a bit cringey at times.
@TomEDewey1948 TPUSA's entire legacy rests on the fact that Arizona was Trump's best swing state in 2024. Everyone ignores that they backed Kari Lake, and she underperformed Trump by over 7 points.
@EmpireStatePol This is how an R+13 environment would look. I think it's safe to say it will never happen unless there's a major political realignment in the future.
@NickyScatz Republicans probably get a 57R-43D Senate in 2024 if Biden stayed. The funny thing is, it still wouldn't have been enough to stave off last week's blue tsunami, and Democrats would have a 52D-48R Senate if everything had gone the same way.
@ElxMapping Democrats have become higher-propensity voters, and they usually have the edge in candidate quality.
Democrats may also be more ideological than economically focused. States like Oregon and Colorado wouldn't elect Republicans even if gas were $7 under a Democratic president.