I'm surprised that the share of Democrats who voted for Bevin was this low. Remember that 1996 exit polls showed 16% of Democrats in KY voted for Bob Dole, who lost the state to Bill Clinton by a fraction of a percent.
I suspect there's way less Demosaurs in 2019 Kentucky than 1996 Kentucky, to be fair.
Also I suspect the sort of people that vote in off-year elections would be more likely to keep track of their registration and are unlikely to remain Democrats even though they vote Republican at all levels.
