The difference in statewide races is that the voters know the candidates better and so a combination of good candidates [ running against ] bad candidates are better able to transcend national tides.

Geoff Garin

Geoff Garin is an American pollster, who served as chief strategist for Senator Hillary Clinton's 2008 Presidential campaign. He is president of Peter D. Hart Research Associates and has been an on-air analyst for CBS Radio's coverage of the national election returns for every election cycle since 1990.

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