I am no spring chicken, the scale of this media blitz was something I have never seen before. It was UFB.
I can imagine... I'm seeing something like it NOW, by McConnell against Bevin, his Tea Party Challenger. And we're 8 months away from the primary!
Judging by the numbers, Tea Party supporters did NOT go Libertarian...
But, many "moderate" Republicans did.. and, a surprisingly high number of Republicans voted for McAulliffe, primarily because, they DID NOT LIKE Cuccoo.
Those are the tell-tale signs of:
1) A successful media mud slinging campaign, and/or
2) Fraudulent vote counting.