I’ve been a fan of Brownback for a very long time.
The fact that he is struggling to stay ahead in the polls means that Kansas isn’t as conservative as I thought.
You have to factor in the free publicity the rats get. Every single night, on the local news...and in the short news updates on the radio, we are given a small dose of anti-Brownback propaganda. Every single day, we are given subtle hints that Brownback is borderline evil.
Unless you are paying attention, it can add up in a person’s mind.
Add to it that he in particular has ticked off the teachers. And the teachers complain to their students...and the students complain to their parents...and when the parents meet the teachers, the teachers complain directly to the parents.
He’s become quite a boogeyman...makes me somewhat optimistic about Kansas voters that at least half of us see through the white noise.
It’s probably big city liberals trying to drag him down. I would imagine what’s called “flyover country” to be solidly Republican, if not Conservative.