So much for “Coattails without a coat”

[jon-nyc]

Smallest share of split-ticket districts since Truman was president.

[Jolly]

Yep, when you're ballot harvesting and fraudulently filling out those mail-in forms for others, maybe it skews the stats.

[taiwan_girl]

I guess I was more surprised at how much split there was a while ago.

I think today, most people are going to say, "I am going to vote for a (Republic/Democrat) all the way. Does not matter who is on the ballot!"

[Horace]

@taiwan_girl said in So much for “Coattails without a coat”:

I guess I was more surprised at how much split there was a while ago.

I think today, most people are going to say, "I am going to vote for a (Republic/Democrat) all the way. Does not matter who is on the ballot!"

Are they wrong to think that way? Or are they just coming to terms with the huge differences in the platforms?

[taiwan_girl]

@horace said in So much for “Coattails without a coat”:

@taiwan_girl said in So much for “Coattails without a coat”:

I guess I was more surprised at how much split there was a while ago.

I think today, most people are going to say, "I am going to vote for a (Republic/Democrat) all the way. Does not matter who is on the ballot!"

Are they wrong to think that way? Or are they just coming to terms with the huge differences in the platforms?

I think that it shows generally that people will vote for a party name rather than what the person says.

Depends on the voter - if they think party is more important than what the person stands for.

[Horace]

@taiwan_girl said in So much for “Coattails without a coat”:

@horace said in So much for “Coattails without a coat”:

@taiwan_girl said in So much for “Coattails without a coat”:

I guess I was more surprised at how much split there was a while ago.

I think today, most people are going to say, "I am going to vote for a (Republic/Democrat) all the way. Does not matter who is on the ballot!"

Are they wrong to think that way? Or are they just coming to terms with the huge differences in the platforms?

I think that it shows generally that people will vote for a party name rather than what the person says.

Depends on the voter - if they think party is more important than what the person stands for.

When the party platforms diverge to a certain extent, it makes total sense to vote party lines in national elections. Local elections can definitely get more granular. This is an idea I've been attempting to teach TNCR for a very long time.