If the incumbent is the de facto party choice, why would the voting numbers be that high? The motivation for people to vote wouldn't be there. Look at Governor Walz, AG Ellison for example. Minnesota isn't necessarily a solid blue State. So, why are the Democrat voting tallies so much higher than Republicans? In Ilhan Omar case, she got that magic 51% that always makes me suspicious. We see the very same thing with WI Robin Vos who is greatly hated in his district, but somehow got 51% of the vote. The very small number of total votes compared to the population of his district is also strange.
If the incumbent is the de facto party choice, why would the voting numbers be that high? The motivation for people to vote wouldn't be there. Look at Governor Walz, AG Ellison for example. Minnesota isn't necessarily a solid blue State. So, why are the Democrat voting tallies so much higher than Republicans? In Ilhan Omar case, she got that magic 51% that always makes me suspicious. We see the very same thing with WI Robin Vos who is greatly hated in his district, but somehow got 51% of the vote. The very small number of total votes compared to the population of his district is also strange.