Senate Candidate Over/Under Performance in Presidential Election Years

2016-1980: Senate Candidate Over/Under Performance in Presidential Election Years

The charts below show how much every Senate candidate running in a presidential election year over or underperformed their parties' presidential nominee.

How to read the charts: Competitive races refer to any race that was rated Toss Up, Lean Republican or Lean Democrat on election day. Click on any column header to sort the chart by that column.

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