TheElectoralBoobyPrize
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« on: October 03, 2019, 08:04:01 PM » |
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...do so much better than congressional Republicans in the same election (s)?
Yes, I know it was the norm during this time for Republican presidential nominees to outperform their congressional candidates (with the obvious exception of 1964), but I can think of reasons for the other Republicans...Eisenhower, Reagan, and Nixon in '72 were all just exceptionally popular and they relied some on southerners who voted Democratic downballot (as did Bush in '88), but I don't see why Nixon in 1960 or Ford in 1976 would be able to do so much better than Republicans downballot. They were lackluster candidates who ultimately lost even if they came close.
I guess in '60, maybe there were some Democrats who just didn't want a Catholic in the White House. I'm drawing a blank on '76...
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