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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQuestion for KY folks: How does KY manage to turn out such polar opposites as Andy Beshear and Mitch McConnell?
Wondered this for a long time...What is it about Kentucky that it can turn out such opposites?
(Dont know what is going on here; i can't get the K K to stick on Kentucky)
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Question for KY folks: How does KY manage to turn out such polar opposites as Andy Beshear and Mitch McConnell? (Original Post)
Amaryllis
Nov 2023
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Arthur_Frain
(1,868 posts)1. In a word
Gerrymandering.
NCIndie
(556 posts)3. Not relevant in Senate and gubernatorial elections.
US Senators represent the entire state. Ditto the governor.
NCIndie
(556 posts)2. McConnell takes care of his constituents. So, he gets re-elected.
Nanjeanne
(5,003 posts)4. I think with a Governor people see how his policies affect their lives and the Dem policies are
good for them so they vote for Beshear. However, they really cant tell what a Senator does in their actual lives so they vote purely on ideology and since they think Rs represent that for them they vote for McConnell.
cbabe
(3,552 posts)5. Whelp. I've long wondered the same about Indiana: Buttigieg vs Pence et al.
snowybirdie
(5,248 posts)6. Easy answer
One is a Democrat and the other is a Republican. Party matters
yardwork
(61,748 posts)7. Same thing often happens in North Carolina.
We have a wonderful Democratic governor - Roy Cooper - but can't manage to elect a Democratic senator in recent years. It's frustrating.
marble falls
(57,427 posts)8. The theory is that KY GOP personally just like Andy as a person, and they couldn't all warm up to Bevin ...
... personally. Whatever it was, I support it.