Presidential vs. Senatorial candidates

[Хahar 🤔]

This is a map of Democratic Senatorial candidates versus Obama. Green is where the Senatorial candidate did better as a percentage value, while red is where Obama did better.

The McCain map:

Analysis?

[nclib]

There does not seem to be much of a regional distinction. Lautenberg was the only incumbent Dem to run behind Obama. These incumbent Repubs ran behind McCain:

Stevens
Dole
Sununu
Coleman
Cornyn
Cochran and/or Wicker
Inhofe
Chambliss

[Хahar 🤔]

Yeah, it looks like Republican Senatorial candidates just got clobbered this year.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Areas of traditional industry is one link. But we knew that anyway, have known it for a while now.

[nclib]

There does not seem to be much of a regional distinction. Lautenberg was the only incumbent Dem to run behind Obama. These incumbent Repubs ran behind McCain:

Stevens
Dole
Sununu
Coleman
Cornyn
Cochran and/or Wicker
Inhofe
Chambliss

Yeah, it looks like Republican Senatorial candidates just got clobbered this year.

Looking back at the maps, half of Republican incumbents ran behind their losing presidential nominee. The ones running ahead of McCain were:

Smith
Enzi and/or Barrasso
Roberts
Alexander
Sessions
Graham
Sununu
Collins

So 8-9 for both. Or can anyone look up the results of the WY and MS special elections?

[minionofmidas]

I don't need to look it up to know Wicker ran hehind McCain and Cochran ran ahead.

Not sure about Wyoming, although I *think* they both ran slightly ahead.

I've always said that McCain didn't do at all badly for a Republican presidential candidate in 2008.