Some of those folks whose names are down a ways on the ballot—say at the Kansas House of Representatives slot—are starting to wonder just what the intense, often mean-spirited and sometimes ridiculous campaigns at the top will do to or for them.
This year has the appearance of becoming one of the most active ticket-splitting elections Kansans have seen in a while. It’s likely that the diminishing number of straight-ticket voters is going to be wildly outnumbered by voters who will pick a candidate or two from the “other” party.
But…there is that family tradition, and there are still diehard Republicans and Democrats who heard at the dinner table for years that wandering across their family’s party line will be a factor come Judgment Day.