[lodi90]

Donald Trump’s appeal — especially among Republicans — is often overestimated in a lot of these places.

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Nonsense. Trump crushed the field during the primaries on his way to a record setting number of votes.

[Alberta's Child]

Look at this map of the 2016 primary results for the GOP. Two things should stand out to you:

1. Trump lost some of the most conservative states in the U.S. between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains.

2. Trump won a lot of states in the GOP primary that ended up voting for Hillary Clinton in the general election. Winning these states in the primary not only did nothing for Trump in the general election, but it also says nothing about GOP prospects in 2018 U.S. Senate races in these places.