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« on: November 07, 2018, 10:00:18 AM »
« edited: November 07, 2018, 05:29:35 PM by ericpolitico »
Mine are
1. Gillum's defeat , Florida
Florida is hard to poll and massive GOP rural voters turnout
2. Hubbell's and Cordray's defeats in Iowa and Ohio
I guess because of massive GOP turnout too. I really expected both to win.
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« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2018, 11:14:23 AM »
These all are gubernatorial elections. Huh
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« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2018, 12:26:57 PM »
Hubbell lost because of the "urban vs. rural" mentality that exists in Iowa. Rural Iowans HATE the Des Moines area and other urban areas. I've witnessed first-hand this whole, "rural Iowa is better" mentality. A businessman from Des Moines could not have exemplified this more.

I personally voted for John Norris in the Democratic primary. He was from a rural area and a lot of older Iowans really liked him.

His loss wasn't a shock - the contest was barely ever polled.
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« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2018, 08:21:10 PM »
Pretty much the same list, but I'd put Iowa at 4, Kansas at 3. I had a gut thing that Reynolds would win, especially after that last poll. I knew it was very close but Kansas came out of nowhere for me. Lol at Davis losing but Kelly winning.
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« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2018, 08:35:31 PM »
Kansas.
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« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2018, 08:39:00 PM »

Yep. Both the margin and the fact that it was called so early gave me initial false hope for success in other races.
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« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2018, 10:41:30 AM »
Florida
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« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2018, 10:47:49 AM »
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« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2018, 11:55:18 AM »

This. The Gillumslide was also supposed to drag Nelson across the finish line.
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« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2018, 11:57:59 AM »
Florida. Especially the fact that Gillum ran behind Nelson.

Kansas wasn't much of a surprise, but I sure was shocked by the margin.
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« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2018, 12:17:59 PM »
Kansas.

I would not have expected Kelly to win (by such a convincing margin) given the results in Wisconsin-Gov, Florida, KY-6, Indiana-Sen, etc.
I will say that many of those races didn’t go how I would’ve expected, but Kansas diverged from them.
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« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2018, 02:03:39 PM »
kansas and that margin. i always thought FL would be tight and could go either way
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« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2018, 02:24:02 PM »
How did Laxalt's last name not cause him to win in a landslide?Huh?

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In terms of who won, Florida. In terms of the margin, Kansas or Ohio.
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« Reply #13 on: November 21, 2018, 02:25:39 PM »
Ohio.
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« Reply #14 on: November 21, 2018, 04:56:46 PM »
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« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2018, 05:31:24 PM »
Kansas, Colorado, and Florida.
-Kansas due to how R it usually is
-Colorado due to the fact they elected a gay guy.
-Florida due to how close it was.
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« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2018, 07:11:46 PM »
Quote from: Koorca Ton on November 21, 2018, 05:31:24 PM
Kansas, Colorado, and Florida.
-Kansas due to how R it usually is
-Colorado due to the fact they elected a gay guy.
-Florida due to how close it was.

What’s so surprising about electing a gay guy?
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« Reply #17 on: November 21, 2018, 08:51:52 PM »
Quote from: Koorca Ton on November 21, 2018, 05:31:24 PM
Kansas, Colorado, and Florida.
-Kansas due to how R it usually is
-Colorado due to the fact they elected a gay guy.
-Florida due to how close it was.
Polis was actually always looking higher over his opponent.
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« Reply #18 on: November 23, 2018, 02:42:54 PM »
Dems don't need OH or FL, but NH, due to Kelly making a race od it and is winnable in 2020, should Dems have a candidate
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« Reply #19 on: November 23, 2018, 03:36:48 PM »
TBH Janet Mills getting more than 50% of the vote
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« Reply #20 on: November 23, 2018, 03:45:00 PM »
Kansas. I didn't expected a Democrat to won here, more than in Florida.
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