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3 scholars explain Senate results in South Carolina, Iowa and Arizona - and what they say about voters

  • Written by Paul Lasley, Professor of Sociology, Iowa State University
imageDemocrats needed to net three seats to win control of the Senate.L. Toshio Kishiyama/Getty Images

The past few election cycles have seen notable geographical shifts in voting. Rural voters – already a bedrock of GOP support – have supported the party by wider margins. The 2018 midterms, meanwhile, showed the suburbs increasingly turning...

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