What cost the Republicans is that they are still running their elections like it is 1995. Do well late and finish with a strong election day turnout, but by then the election is over. The problem is in some state they start collection ballots and voting weeks before the election day and the Democrats have a big on the ground element, to get the votes in early. Do not forget, if they vote a month before the election, they can not change that vote and we saw that in PA. The Senate candidate was a disaster in the single, late debate, but it did not matter. Too many votes were already cast for him. The Republicans need to figure out how to get a early voter turnout with these drop off ballots or they will never win any elections in the key battle ground states.