Should Democrats Resurrect the 50-State Strategy?
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How Democrats Who Lost in Deep-Red Places Might Have Helped Biden
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How Democrats Who Lost in Deep-Red Places Might Have Helped Biden
A study by a liberal group found a reverse coattails effect in 2020: Down-ballot candidates may have helped elect President Biden, rather than the other way around.
President Biden campaigning for the Democratic Senate candidates early this year in Atlanta. Georgia was one of several states where Run for Something, a progressive group, conducted a study on down-ballot candidates.Credit.Doug Mills/The New York Times
April 16, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
Ebony Carter faced an uphill climb when she decided to run for the Georgia State Senate last year. Her deeply Republican district south of Atlanta had not elected a Democrat since 2001, and a Democrat hadn’t even bothered campaigning for the seat since 2014.