Voters in several states backed Republicans for governor while supporting Democrats for Senate
New Hampshire Democratic Sen.trampled her Republican rival, even as the state’s Republican governor, Chris Sununu, did the same to his opponent.Catherine Cortez MastoRaphael Warnock
But it was actually the opposite. A POLITICO analysis of the results shows that ticket-splitting in those races declined to the lowest point of any midterm since at least 1990. As partisanship has increased and elections have become more nationalized, fewer voters are willing to cross party lines on the same ballot. In 2020, only one state, Maine, split between its presidential and U.S. Senate races. A POLITICO analysis of the general election returns in 2022 Senate and gubernatorial races found that the number of voters willing to buck party lines declined for the third straight midterm cycle.
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