'Mainstream and not extreme': Far-right candidates, views rejected in key battlegrounds

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : One Republican operative, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to be more frank about the party's future, said that many of the races had unique factors but that it was undeniable that "Democrats were able to turn out their people with the issue of abortion and to an extent the issue of democracy or the election denialism -- Trump, you could say for short."
37% : Across the country, many Republicans who ran in this year's midterms promoting far-right platforms on issues such as abortion, elections, LGBTQ rights and other topics lost their races, even in some unexpected places where the GOP was favored to win.
33% : While many Republicans and Democrats have said Trump is heavily culpable for the midterm results, some have pointed to policy positions GOP candidates took on issues such as abortion and LGBTQ rights, as well as their divisive rhetoric.
31% : Masters, a first-time candidate Trump endorsed in the GOP primary, had drawn attacks from Democrats for musing about privatizing Social Security and endorsing a national ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

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