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Democrats over-performed in all four special elections yesterday (Original Post)
pscot
Jan 2018
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ProudMNDemocrat
(16,847 posts)1. Tying Republicans to Trump......
Even at the State level appears to be working.
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)2. Happy happy joy JOY!! Thanks for posting, p!! nt
rogue emissary
(3,148 posts)3. K & R
world wide wally
(21,758 posts)4. That is our enthusiasm level and we have to keep it up
msongs
(67,470 posts)5. which were wins? nt
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)7. Only Wisconsin SD10 was a flip from red to blue.
Rest were huge swings towards Dems, but Republicans still held the seats.
pnwmom
(109,021 posts)6. What is "over-performance"? Compared to what? n/t
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)8. 2016 results.
Trump won Wisc. SD10 by I think 17%, which makes it a 35% flip to Dems this time.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)11. previous election results
blue-wave
(4,372 posts)9. I hope this holds
through the mid-terms and straight into 2020.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)10. Outperformed compared to what, I wonder.
The last time? Compared to estimates? Compared to polls? Compared to historical averages?
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)12. previous elections
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)13. +1. nt