Did McConnell underperform Trump in the 2020 election?
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
By Sabrina Scoggin
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell underperformed the president in his home state of Kentucky in the November election. President Trump won the state 62% to 36%, a bigger margin than Sen. McConnell's 58% to 38% victory over Democratic challenger Amy McGrath. A poll just before the election put McGrath's support at 40%.
Nine out of 17 Republican incumbents running in November won their state by a larger margin than the president did. In Texas, Sen. John Cornyn won his seat by a 10-point margin, while the president won the state by 6 points. In Maine, Sen. Susan Collins won by 9 points, while President-elect Biden took the state by the same margin.
In South Carolina, Sen. Lindsey Graham won by 10 points, while Trump won by 12.
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