Fox News Pow­er Rank­ings: Vot­ers’ appetite for tick­et-split­ting will decide the Sen­ate

Fox News Power Rankings: Voters’ appetite for ticket-splitting will decide the Senate

Repub­li­cans have a favor­able map, but Demo­c­ra­t­ic can­di­dates are on top in sev­er­al bat­tle­ground states. It is anyone’s game in the first Fox News Pow­er Rank­ings for the Sen­ate this cycle.Ticket split­ting will make the dif­fer­en­ceIf you know one fact about the 1984 pres­i­den­tial elec­tion, it’s that Ronald Rea­gan won in a land­slide. With wins in 49 states and a total of 525 elec­toral col­lege votes, no can­di­date has ever pulled off a larg­er victory.You might not remem­ber that in the same elec­tion, Repub­li­cans lost two Sen­ate seats, leav­ing them with a total of just 53 in the upper chamber.Outcomes like these used …