Did the domestic abuse claims against Brown help him more than it hurt him?

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Serious thread, believe it or not. I spoke to some of my grandfather's friends recently and we happened to get into politics, and I was surprised to learn that quite a few of them were examples of the secretive DeWine/Brown voter. Most of their explanation why was the usual 'not like the other Democrats' stuff or trade things, but one of them justified it by saying that the attacks on him were unfair, and compared it to people attacking Trump as sexist.

So, serious question: does anyone think that the presence of unfounded assault claims on Brown helped him appeal more to culturally conservative people who are predisposed to be suspicious of allegations of such things more than they hurt him among people who believed the claims? I don't think there's any way to actually measure it, but I think after having this conversation that it's conceivable.

I don't think the DV claims got much attraction, but to what degree they did I suspect it hurt Brown among Women Voters who were undecided more than it helped. I suspect your grandfather's friends were exceptions to the rule.

Yeah it was like one passing comment at the debate, a boo from the audience, some dark money website and that was it. Did Gardner just full on triage Renacci?

Not like anyone actually watched the debate lol

Or any senate debate.