IA-SEN 2022: Grassley vs Franken

[wesmoorenerd]

My god, is this the third election in a row that she's underperformed compared to expectations? Maybe she's just a bad candidate.

[wesmoorenerd]

My god, is this the third election in a row that she's underperformed compared to expectations? Maybe she's just a bad candidate.

What were the expectations in 2018?

Rod Blum was seen as one of the likeliest incumbents to go down. While he did end up losing, Finkenauer's margin was decidedly underwhelming.

[wesmoorenerd]

My god, is this the third election in a row that she's underperformed compared to expectations? Maybe she's just a bad candidate.

What were the expectations in 2018?

Rod Blum was seen as one of the likeliest incumbents to go down. While he did end up losing, Finkenauer's margin was decidedly underwhelming.

It was 5 points.

Perhaps this says more about unreasonable Democratic expectations than it does about Finkenauer, but I remember people were expecting Blum to get downright blanched that year.