IN-SEN: Brains or Braun?

[Snipee356]

I love Pete! Can he defeat Walorski? (He probably couldn't win statewide due to homophobia. Wish he was born in a better state!)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Also on the same point, just like regardless of whether not Mike Coffman and Barbara Comstock had hugged Trump or punched him in the face they were more than likely going to lose because of hostile demographics and the surge of anti-GOP turnout in those districts. The same applies to the likes of Donnelly, McCaskil and Heitkamp because they were facing hostile demographics in an election where Trump managed to turn out his base. Either way they would have lost and probably lost more if they had gone down that path of embracing the party's new position on this issue.

[IceSpear]

Also on the same point, just like regardless of whether not Mike Coffman and Barbara Comstock had hugged Trump or punched him in the face they were more than likely going to lose because of hostile demographics and the surge of anti-GOP turnout in those districts. The same applies to the likes of Donnelly, McCaskil and Heitkamp because they were facing hostile demographics in an election where Trump managed to turn out his base. Either way they would have lost and probably lost more if they had gone down that path of embracing the party's new position on this issue.

I have to wonder what would've happened if Kavanaugh never became a thing. Like, Trump nominates a relatively uncontroversial judge like Gorsuch that McCaskill and Donnelly unceremoniously vote for. Maybe it wouldn't have been enough for them to win, but maybe they would've been the nailbiters we were expecting them to be. And it probably would've saved Bill Nelson (assuming he loses.)

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Also on the same point, just like regardless of whether not Mike Coffman and Barbara Comstock had hugged Trump or punched him in the face they were more than likely going to lose because of hostile demographics and the surge of anti-GOP turnout in those districts. The same applies to the likes of Donnelly, McCaskil and Heitkamp because they were facing hostile demographics in an election where Trump managed to turn out his base. Either way they would have lost and probably lost more if they had gone down that path of embracing the party's new position on this issue.

I have to wonder what would've happened if Kavanaugh never became a thing. Like, Trump nominates a relatively uncontroversial judge like Gorsuch that McCaskill and Donnelly unceremoniously vote for. Maybe it wouldn't have been enough for them to win, but maybe they would've been the nailbiters we were expecting them to be. And it probably would've saved Bill Nelson (assuming he loses.)

Its possible since controversy drives energy and passion and we know how much this President and his base loves controversy.

[isoscelessquare]

Why on earth did Brenton come in 2nd in Starke County???

[The Mikado]

Donnelly losing by 6 really puts the lie to all of those "Obama-Trump voters will never come home" lines. Obama lost IN by 10, Clinton by 19. Donnelly rebounded to 2012 and further. He also reclaimed almost all the Obama Trump counties.

[Calthrina950]

Donnelly losing by 6 really puts the lie to all of those "Obama-Trump voters will never come home" lines. Obama lost IN by 10, Clinton by 19. Donnelly rebounded to 2012 and further. He also reclaimed almost all the Obama Trump counties.

But it still wasn't enough. If Donnelly had focused more on the Indianapolis suburbs, he might have pulled it off. And his advertising campaign greatly depressed turnout among the Democratic base.

[Yellowhammer]

At this point, Mayor Pete is probably the Indiana Democrats' only hope of achieving anything statewide.

I guess they’re truly hopeless then.

[Calthrina950]

At this point, Mayor Pete is probably the Indiana Democrats' only hope of achieving anything statewide.

I guess they’re truly hopeless then.

They must be. Indiana, though is a historically Republican state, but until recently, Democrats were competitive there. Now, it seems like it's moving completely out of their reach. It still amazes me that Donnelly lost by that much, and the extent to which his "psuedo-Republican" strategy backfired on him.