In 2022, the GOP will be defending 20 US Senate seats.
And 17 of them are in states in which Trump did worse in the 2020 Presidential election than he did there in 2016.
And 17 of them are in states in which Trump did worse in the 2020 Presidential election than he did there in 2016.
Also, in 3 of these states (Kansas, North Carolina and Pennsylvania), the GOP had a net loss of US House seats during the Trump era.
In 10 of these states (AK, FL, ID, IN, KS, MO, NC, OK, PA and UT), the GOP had a net loss of State Senate seats since Trump came to office.
In 10 of these states (AK, FL, ID, IN, KS, MO, NC, OK, PA and UT), the GOP had a net loss of State Senate seats since Trump came to office.
In another 10 of the states where the GOP will be defending US Senate seats in 2022, the party had a net loss of State House seats since 2017. These are AK, FL, ID, MO, NC, ND, OH, PA, UT and WI.
And in 7 of these states, the GOP had net losses in BOTH the State House and the State Senate since 2017. These are Alaska, Florida, Idaho, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Utah.
Lastly (for now) - 6 of the 20 states which the GOP will be defending in 2022 have Democratic Governors. And they're not all the usual suspects. These are Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Voters statewide chose at least one Dem recently.
Voters statewide chose at least one Dem recently.
The @GOP should keep that in mind when they're deciding whether or not to go Full Trump. Look at what that era has done to the party at the state level. It's not a pretty sight.
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