[af_vet_1981]

Almost every republican senator got more votes than Trump, which means Trump had no coattails.

Yes and no; it might mean most Republican Senators did better in some areas than Trump (urban and suburban) while Trump strongly boosted their totals with monster rural turnout. In that case they helped each other. Sen Toomey and his Democrat opponent receive almost 100,000 fewer votes than Trump and Clinton, which is odd. Nevada's Senate candidates had fewer votes than the top of the ticket too. In Ohio, Portman had a huge margin over Trump and Strickland really trailed Clinton. This was mirrored in Florida. I suspect illegal votes cost both Trump and Heck Nevada, but perhaps there were enough legal votes to win it for the Democrats. Ayotte and Trump were so close in New Hampshire; it was a close election there; Johnson and the Libs took 4.1 % there.

[Dave W]

That is a good point about the rural vote. I think it is common for down ballot races to receive less votes than the presidential contest. Everyone comes out to vote for president and leave the other races blank. The NH race still bugs me, especially Kelly A. I think she lost by less than 1,000. I know she is not perfect, but was a good fit for NH.