Timing of this announcement is interesting given the Dems' better-than-expected showing yesterday; he does have a way of peeing on his party's parade doesn't he?
Not really given that Beshear would have lost decisively with presidential turnout.
DDHQ estimates that 79% of Biden voters in 2020 turned out to vote, while only 53% of Trump voters voted in the 2023 Kentucky Governor election. Beshear’s ability to win over Trump voters has captured a lot of press, but many of them just sat this race out. This turnout gulf helped propel Beshear to victory, something he could not have achieved with persuasion alone. Without this substantial turnout advantage, Beshear would have lost handily.
https://decisiondeskhq.com/how-democrat-andy-beshear-won-re-election-in-deep-red-kentucky/
The math is takes to produce those numbers is actually insane. Pardon me if I don’t believe the Dairy Queen’s analysis that the Democratic statewide slate underperformed Biden substantially.
