If you’re wondering about the special elections for state-level positions, such as state Representatives, Senators, Assemblycritters (there are many names), that are going on all the time as people resign or die, and how they’re turning out in the greater context of the Trump Administration, The Daily Kos has some organized record-keeping at this link. For example, they’re reporting that two days ago two Republican seats were flipped into the Democratic column, one each in New Hampshire and Oklahoma, by final voting margins of 11% and 21% points, respectively; in the 2016 Presidential Election, Trump won these districts by margins of 28% and 31% points.
As you might guess, margins like this in Republican districts are exciting The Daily Kos denizens. It makes me wonder, though, if the Republicans are fielding weak candidates, or if they’re fielding strong candidates and the voting Independents aren’t buying, or if the Democratic candidates are just so strong that they’re overwhelming the Republican candidates.
In nominally Republican districts.
It’s like watching blood pressure going up. It means something, and probably something bad, but exactly what remains a puzzle.
