I think that we should get rid of the electoral college and just have the election based on the popular votes so that this kind of thing does not happen again. Can anyone answer this question for me and that is how can a particular candidate lose his home state and the state of the current president that is also from the same political party. Losing one's own home state. Not all that uncommon in American politics. Not a great plug either.
States also change their political flavor.
Tennessee has become more conservative, Florida more middle of the road. Yet when the former incumbent House Majority Leader ran against a right wing conservative Republican campaigning for term limit reform, he lost. Two elections later he is still running. U.S.A. I for one would at least appreciate it, if the voters were literate. Used under License.