South Carolina was a state wide vote (senator) compared to Cantor’s seat which had a whopping 65,000 total votes for the Representative seat. Also, Cantor only had one challenger - Brat; Graham had six.
I haven’t heard Graham push the amnesty/illegal stuff lately; I think Cantor has been talking about the Dream Act.
Those are some reasons I see. It’s a shame there wasn’t one challenger to Graham.....he might have been able to gain some traction with the right support.
So Graham was smart enough to back off his support of amnesty just in time for the primary whereas Cantor wasn’t? I suppose that makes sense, but I wish voters had longer memories! McCain went right back to his RINO antics after winning his primary despite talking like a solid conservative during it, I expect the same from Linda.
Six people were challenging Grahmensty. I fear there are several phony tea party groups that threw money at candidates to split the vote.
Also as Laura Ingraham pointed out on Megyn Kelly's show that unlike Cantor, Graham took the election seriously, tried pivoting to the base. Whereas, Cantor ignored the folks in his district.