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

Nov 17, 2022 View Original Article
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    -36% Medium Liberal

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"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."
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-18% Liberal
"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."
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-26% Liberal
"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."
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-34% Liberal
"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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-38% Liberal
"On Election Day, Shapiro's landslide win stood in contrast to the narrow victories won in the swing state by Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020."
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-4% Liberal
"On Election Day, Shapiro's landslide win stood in contrast to the narrow victories won in the swing state by Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020."
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-4% Liberal
"In Colorado, Rep. Lauren Boebert, who has made Islamophobic comments and has been a staunch defender of rioters in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, clung to a razor-thin lead in a surprisingly tight race."
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-2% Liberal
"In the eyes of some in the GOP, this is an alarming development in a year the party expected to make large gains because of inflation, President Joe Biden's low approval rating and historical trends."
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-2% Liberal
"Trump has signaled an intent to run for president again."
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-2% Liberal
"Nearly 8 in 10 voters said they felt confident that elections were conducted fairly and accurately in their state, and 61 percent said Biden was legitimately elected."
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-4% Liberal
"Michael Stratton, a longtime Democratic operative in Denver, said many voters rejected the lack of civility often displayed by Boebert and her allies."
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-6% Liberal
"Many were elevated by former president Donald Trump and associated themselves with his combative movement."
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-12% Liberal
"The Republican Senate nominee in Arizona, Blake Masters, was projected last week to lose to Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.)."
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-12% Liberal
"In Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer easily beat Republican Tudor Dixon."
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-14% Liberal
"In any environment when the electorate is unhappy, it should be wiable, but Republicans fell short and couldn't capitalize on that because Donald Trump promoted candidates through the primary that weren't viewed favorably by a general election population, said Kevin Madden, a longtime GOP operative."
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-16% Liberal
"In Washington's 3rd Congressional District, where Trump won by just over four points in 2020, Kent, with Trump's backing, eliminated Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, one of the few Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in the all-party primary."
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-18% Liberal
"In Washington's 3rd Congressional District, where Trump won by just over four points in 2020, Kent, with Trump's backing, eliminated Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, one of the few Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in the all-party primary."
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-18% Liberal
"In Washington's 3rd Congressional District, where Trump won by just over four points in 2020, Kent, with Trump's backing, eliminated Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, one of the few Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in the all-party primary."
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-18% Liberal
"In Washington's 3rd Congressional District, where Trump won by just over four points in 2020, Kent, with Trump's backing, eliminated Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, one of the few Republicans who voted to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, in the all-party primary."
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-18% Liberal
"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."
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-10% Liberal
"In post-election interviews, Democrats and many Republicans said they view these results as a decisive rejection of political extremism on the right, propelled by Trump."
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-20% Liberal
"In Michigan, John Gibbs, who ousted a House Republican that voted to impeach Donald Trump in an August primary, was defeated last week by about 13 points."
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-24% Liberal
"A representative for Trump did not respond to a request for comment."
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-24% Liberal
"Voters in the six major battlegrounds where Trump tried to reverse his 2020 defeat rejected election-denying candidates ruing to control their state's election systems."
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-26% Liberal
"In Washington state, Republican Joe Kent, who similarly felled a GOP Trump impeacher, suffered the same fate when he was projected to lose by a smaller margin over the weekend in a more conservative district."
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-28% Liberal
"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."
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-12% Liberal
"In Ohio, Republican J.R. Majewski, who had been associated with QAnon conspiracy theories, lost by 13 points to Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur in a battleground U.S. House district that had been redrawn in redistricting from a deep-blue seat to one Trump would have won by more than four points."
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4% Conservative
"In Ohio, Republican J.R. Majewski, who had been associated with QAnon conspiracy theories, lost by 13 points to Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur in a battleground U.S. House district that had been redrawn in redistricting from a deep-blue seat to one Trump would have won by more than four points."
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4% Conservative
"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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-24% Liberal
"That bet paid off in key races, from Michigan's 3rd Congressional District, where Gibbs lost to Democrat Hillary Scholten, to New Hampshire, where Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan beat back a challenge from Republican Don Bolduc, who had baselessly raised doubts that Biden won the 2020 election, to the governor's race in Pesylvania."
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-44% Liberal
"That bet paid off in key races, from Michigan's 3rd Congressional District, where Gibbs lost to Democrat Hillary Scholten, to New Hampshire, where Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan beat back a challenge from Republican Don Bolduc, who had baselessly raised doubts that Biden won the 2020 election, to the governor's race in Pesylvania."
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-44% Liberal
"That bet paid off in key races, from Michigan's 3rd Congressional District, where Gibbs lost to Democrat Hillary Scholten, to New Hampshire, where Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan beat back a challenge from Republican Don Bolduc, who had baselessly raised doubts that Biden won the 2020 election, to the governor's race in Pesylvania."
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-44% Liberal
"A lot of the more extreme candidates lost; this is all on Trump because Trump was responsible for nominating a lot of these problematic candidates, Dent said."
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-48% Liberal
"A lot of the more extreme candidates lost; this is all on Trump because Trump was responsible for nominating a lot of these problematic candidates, Dent said."
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-48% Liberal
"Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers defeated the GOP's Tim Michels, and Miesota Gov. Tim Walz prevailed against Republican Scott Jensen."
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-52% Liberal
"Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers defeated the GOP's Tim Michels, and Miesota Gov. Tim Walz prevailed against Republican Scott Jensen."
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-52% Liberal
"Reflecting on the races across the country, former Republican congressman Charlie Dent, a centrist who left Congress in disgust over the party's embrace of Trump's brand, said that voters called out crazy."
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-52% Liberal
"Reflecting on the races across the country, former Republican congressman Charlie Dent, a centrist who left Congress in disgust over the party's embrace of Trump's brand, said that voters called out crazy."
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-52% Liberal
"These included GOP candidates such as Jim Marchant in Nevada and Mark Finchem in Arizona, who embraced false claims about the 2020 presidential election."
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-62% Liberal
"These included GOP candidates such as Jim Marchant in Nevada and Mark Finchem in Arizona, who embraced false claims about the 2020 presidential election."
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-62% Liberal

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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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