It has been stated that the country is moving Republican because that party claimed governor victories in Massachusetts, Georgia, and New Jersey.
Massachusetts has not elected a Democratic governor since William Weld. Georgia's Governor Barnes was a target of some interesting people because of his treatment of the confederate flag over the state capitol. New Jersey, well the Kennedy who lost, ran a lackluster campaign by all reports, and has lost NJ races before (for congress). Alabama's race is still out there, and from what I hear, the Republican did in fact defeat the Democratic incumbent and will prevail in the recount, if there is one. The surprise was that Alabama had a Democratic governor to begin with. However, the Democrats took statehouse from the Republicans in Michigan my Michigan, in my native Illinois, in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Kansas. (Democrats took Kansas!) The Dems gained a few governors. The GOP gained a few senators and representatives. The differences were slight, just highly important for their impact. But there was no trending from one party to another, just slight movement. This country was and is roughly 40% Republican, 40% Democratic, and 20% who go back and forth. There were no signs of any movement of voters. Vince
