Beshears had 45% approval from KY Republicans. He was probably one of the top 5 worst goveners on covid. How can a red state re-elect that monster?
He can win because there are nearly as many democrats in Kentucky are there are republicans, and when almost have of the republican party approves of the democrat governor, that is a solid math equation for reelection. Up until last year, or maybe the year before, Kentucky had more democrat voters than republicans.
Kentucky is not the red sea that many people and the media claim it is. Yes, Kentucky has voted red in federal elections since 2000 or so, but that's not the case for state and local elections. It was just in the last 5-6 years that republicans got a majority in the state house of representatives for the 1st time in almost a century. We have only had 4 republican governors in the last 75 years, and none were reelected.
