I agree with a lot of the posters here, 53%-44% win is NOT coattails. Trump mania might have added a point or two, but 7% means there were a lot more voters than that.
I think this is a great shot over the bows of Hillary for next years festivities.
People are sick and tired of the Obama factor and what the Democrats have been doing and the base is heavily (even more so now) demoralized. And if Hillary or Bernie or Biden is your great white hope, put the barrel in your mouth and pull the trigger.
The bad news is Hillary is guaranteed to receive 44% of the vote next year.
No matter how terrible a Democratic candidate is, they’ll still get a respectable showing.
Not much of a victory to me.