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dlk

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23. It can't be overlooked that Trump received so much free, in kind, air time for his campaign

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Sun Nov 8, 2020, 11:45 AM

Nov 2020

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In future elections, I would like to see more emphasis on down ballot races. [View all] dlk Nov 2020 OP

True. jimfields33 Nov 2020 #1

Sometimes, I think we get tunnel vision dlk Nov 2020 #3

True. jimfields33 Nov 2020 #9

There was a ton of emphasis on down ballot races. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #2

Some of my lifelong, dedicated Democratic friends would beg to differ dlk Nov 2020 #4

It is true that, H2O Man Nov 2020 #10

I'm not discounting the hard work of regular Democrats on local races dlk Nov 2020 #29

Explain why Collins won. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #12

In the last month of the election, I became concerned about the swelling enthusiasm Blue_true Nov 2020 #22

It can't be overlooked that Trump received so much free, in kind, air time for his campaign dlk Nov 2020 #23

A President, even one as lousy as Trump is going to get free airtime. Blue_true Nov 2020 #34

I think we may have underestimated how very conservative Maine actually is dlk Nov 2020 #31

There are thousands of down ballot races - the top of the ticket can't focus on those StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #27

I think a lot of republicans split ticket jimfields33 Nov 2020 #6

Definitely happened in Maine. TwilightZone Nov 2020 #14

I'd say out of every race, Collins was a shock to me jimfields33 Nov 2020 #17

Republicans get in line dlk Nov 2020 #32

From whom? WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #5

Biden, Harris, and every Democrat running for senator and congressperson dlk Nov 2020 #8

I'm still not clear on what this would look like. Everyone talking about voting a straight ticket? WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #24

Me too!!!! I invite you, and everyone to join my modest campaign. LAS14 Nov 2020 #7

I agree! femmocrat Nov 2020 #11

I think if more attention has been focused on the need to win these races, we might have done better dlk Nov 2020 #15

We saw the split result all during the Obama Presidency. Blue_true Nov 2020 #25

People on the national ticket talking about local races is a waste of time and not effective StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #28

Down ballot races include the Senate and the House dlk Nov 2020 #33

You think no one paid attention to the Senate and House races at the national level? StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #35

I agree. One feeling that I had all through the race was that as a party, we Blue_true Nov 2020 #13

Agreed. There is room for improvement in our ground game dlk Nov 2020 #19

I saw a huge effort for down ballot races. KentuckyWoman Nov 2020 #16

I'm glad you saw that effort dlk Nov 2020 #20

Tme to bring back the 50 state strategy. GoneOffShore Nov 2020 #18

We need to improve our strategy dlk Nov 2020 #21

Absolutely. And the crazy conspiracies have to be countered. GoneOffShore Nov 2020 #36

I agree Etherealoc1 Nov 2020 #26

It's a given Republicans will cheat dlk Nov 2020 #30

Zillions of emphasis here in New Mexico left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 #37

That's really great dlk Nov 2020 #38

As someone once said ... left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 #39