next year and to choose state leaders who'll shape policy on abortion access, voting rights and more.and others had suggested that ticket-splitting, especially in top-ballot races, was on the decline in recent cycles.
Murphy believes it's because people want different things out of different offices: "When it comes to … an executive versus a legislator, voters are able to use more varied criteria."One study of decades of voting data by the Brookings Institution showed that the correlation is growing stronger between which parties voters choose in congressional races and in presidential contests -- meaning voters usually pick the same party.
"Voters get to know those candidates and who they are and, therefore, they're not going to vote party line. They're gonna vote as to which candidate they prefer," argues veteran GOP strategist Bob Heckman. Democrats' years-long divide between moderates and progressives has played out for several cycles. Now, GOP politicians in swing states are choosing how to angle their appeals -- either to Donald Trump-aligned voters or to more centrist suburbanites who used to make up the GOP's core and who have been key in some past races.
In this May 16, 2022, file photo, Mehmet Oz, speaks during a town hall in Bell Blue, Penn. | Doug Mastriano holds at rally on Sept. 30, 2022, in Philadelphia.Beyond ticket-splitting, the diverging party bases could also lead to what Jarrod Loadholt, a partner in the Ice Miller law firm's public affairs branch who lives in Georgia, dubbed "ticket sitting."
We are free at last! Now we can speak freely! We can state our opinion! Thank you Elon! Here is my first taste of freedom: 1. The Democrats rigged the presidential election and installed biden. 2. The lockdowns were a scam! 3. The mRNA vaccine is dangerous, don't take it!
Pennsylvania voting for another reality show fraud & an absolute monster in Mastriano would be disappointing
ABC = democratic schill
Apparently mental disabilities don't matter to the democrats... watching this man and Biden fail mentally is actually sad....see you in November!!