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« on: May 10, 2019, 04:39:41 PM » |
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1.) Money- without looking at the stats I assume most of these seats didn’t have GOP incumbents being outspent 3-1, and also didn’t have the huge liberal ecosystem that grew in 2018. Pod Save America weren’t doing GOTV in 2016- they were sat on a sofa being snarky. There was a whole campaign movement flush with cash that targeted these seats.
2.) Record- it’s much easier to run against President Obama, and do f all in Congress, than it is to defend not just your own voting record, but also two years of republican sh**tshow level decisions. No doubt even if you voted against the tax cut/repeal, you’d still have voters wanting your head because your party did it.
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