Nate Cohn

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

In electoral analysis, that's definitely not how we'd cover it. We'd say that the Seatthe defense made huge strides and/or that the opponent's offense fared worse. Wilson would almost be taken as a given — PolitiTweet.org

Nate Cohn @Nate_Cohn

There's a fairly straightforward reason for that: partisanship. Candidates inherit the loyalties of voters. If there's a demographic that contributes the equiv of 5 TDs for a party one year, you can pencil it in for the next in a way you can't with Wilson performance — PolitiTweet.org