Seeing this take repeated a lot. Fair point, I suppose, but people (mostly from out of state) are quick to forget the impact of Trump’s coattails in 2020 in red states with straight ticket voting. He lost the Presidency, but he expectedly cleaned up in states like South Carolina, wiping out down ballot candidates like @harrisonjaime, @JoeCunninghamSC, and others. His voters walked in, hit the straight party/republican button, and that was that. The dynamics of this race are very different. No one at the top of the ticket to drive turnout for GOP, energized Dem base, historically unpopular Trump, historically bad GOP candidate for Senate, the list goes on…

— John Moffett (@AJohnMoffett) October 30, 2026