“In 2016, every single Senate race went to the candidate of the same party that those states voted for in the presidential election,” Axios reports.
“That’s never happened before, since at least 1984. And the data shows that’s not great news for Democrats heading into the 2020 elections.”
“Because of their stronghold in rural areas, and based on previous presidential election results, the GOP has a 40-seat, ‘built-in base in the Senate.’ Compare that to just 26 Senate seats that Democrats are best positioned to win.”
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