If Sharron Angle, Richard Mourdock, Todd Akin, Christine O'Donnell, Ken Buck, and Linda McMahon all managed to get elected to the Senate, how would things have played out and what would today look like?
- Sharron Angle would have lost in 2016 by a substantial margin.
- Mourdock would probably have mediocre approval ratings and would be vulnerable in 2018.
- Akin would probably be vulnerable to a primary challenge in 2018 and would be DOA in a general election, especially against someone like Kander.
- O'Donnell and McMahon would have been DOA in 2016 simply by being Republicans in strong Democratic states. O'Donnell probably would have been wiped out, though I could see McMahon putting up a decent fight.
- Ken Buck probably loses in 2016 by a similar margin as Glenn lost.
Those are for the specific candidates mentioned. With more Republicans to defend in 2016, it would mean that resources would have to be spread thinner, which may have caused a closer margin in Pennsylvania and other states where the Republican narrowly won.
