KY-Sen 2022: Charles Booker in

[ElectionsGuy]

Before I was thinking this was safe R, but these people really made some interesting insights as to why Booker could win.

https://twitter.com/harunabdii/status/1371533657102508033

https://twitter.com/Chinchillazllla/status/1371480707046985730

See, McGrath was too far right, that's why she lost by 20 points while Trump won by 26. Also, I just lost half my brain cells.

[ElectionsGuy]

Just pointing out the obvious when I say Booker is a terrible candidate.
https://twitter.com/Booker4KY/status/1406274278962704384

Booker will probably be successful in getting more Twitter likes by the end of the campaign than Kentucky votes.

[ElectionsGuy]

For the last 30 years I checked, all statewide Democratic primaries have gotten more votes than Republican primaries. We'll see if that continues tonight...

[ElectionsGuy]

Not only did the Republican primary outvote the Democratic primary for the first time (ever?), it wasn't even close, about 57/43. Very similar to what we saw in West Virginia last week.

Compared to 2020

Republicans: 414K --> 385K (-7%)
Democrats: 544K --> 292K (-46%)

The numbers for 2022 will be slightly greater than those above, but the difference is stark, and noteworthy. Kentucky still has a closed primary, so conservatives who are registered Democrats still inflate Democratic numbers in primaries, and you can see it many historically Dem counties.