WA-PPP: Murray holding early leads

[sg0508]

Well, the Republicans could always run Dino Rossi again, haha.

I think the bigger question is, will the Democrats gain a down-ballot sweep next year? The GOP used to consistently win down-ballot races and they've been weakening with each cycle. In '12, they barely won a single race. 

Part of the problem is that the Republicans have to deal with presidential years, which increases Democratic turnout.

[sg0508]

There definitely seems to be a large group of people in western WA state that just will not swing for the GOP....ever! No matter how corrupt or weak the Democratic party candidate may be, that's who they are voting for.  You really have a split of two states in WA, but the coastal half is becoming stronger. 

As others have said, the WA GOP isn't weak. They've put up some good candidates, but there aren't many swing voters to go around and WA's statewide elections are in presidential years.