Democrats hold a candidate favorability edge across key Senate races

Democrats hold a candidate favorability edge across key Senate races

The concern surrounding Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan has exposed a genuine weakness for Democrats, but the broader Senate map points in the opposite direction. Across the races most likely to determine control of the chamber, Democratic candidates generally enter the campaign with stronger personal ratings than their Republican opponents. That distinction matters because the national brands of both parties remain unpopular. Yet candidate-level pol…