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Exit polls: Electorate slightly more Republican than 2008
Washington Post ^
| November 6, 2012
| by Jon Cohen, Others
Posted on 11/06/2012 3:20:49 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The first wave of exit polling paints a picture of an electorate that is slightly more Republican than the one that helped elect President Obama in 2008.
And, unlike in 2008, more voters oppose an active federal government than support it. But the mood of the country has improved from four years ago with much of those gains coming among Democrats.
The economy remains the overwhelming top issue for most voters both in national exit polling and in the nine swing state exit polls that The Washington Post subscribes to.
For all of the talk of the electorate swinging in the races final days perhaps as a result of Hurricane Sandy and Obamas handling of it approximately seven in 10 voters said they made their mind up about a candidate before September.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2012; exitpolls
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To: RobertClark
I just say briefly that Mourdock was up in IN. That was pleasant surprise. Only 2% reporting, though....
To: RobertClark
New Hampshire: Obama: 65% to Romney 34% <1% returns in,
New Hampshire polls close starting in another half hour to an hour and a half (some at 7, others at 8) to go . So where is your data coming from?
Polling locations in NH can close and report as soon as 100% of registered voters have cast ballots) Dixville Notch was 50/50, but that other midnight voting small town was overwhelmingly pro-Obama. I'd guess maybe some other small towns have reported, so that "<1%" really needs to be taken to heart.
To: dfwgator
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:37:30 PM PST
by
Dog
(Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Exit polls: Electorate slightly more Republican than 2008
So 2010 never happened? Pass the Chick-Fil-A.
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:37:37 PM PST
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: tanknetter
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:40:26 PM PST
by
RobertClark
(Inside every "older" person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened?)
To: tanknetter
Wrong link in my last reply:
CDN
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:42:11 PM PST
by
RobertClark
(Inside every "older" person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened?)
To: irgbar-man
"Pope slightly more Catholic.
Bears more likely to pee in woods."I knew it!
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:42:25 PM PST
by
StAnDeliver
(2008 + IN, NE1, NC, FL, VA, OH, CO, IA, NH = 285EV)
To: paul544
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:42:47 PM PST
by
Raycpa
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:43:38 PM PST
by
wardaddy
(my wife prays in the tanning bed....guess what region i live in...ya'll?)
To: dfwgator
Posted over at NRO...
Okay, Exit Polls, Now Youre Just Messing With Us November 6, 2012 6:08 P.M. Comments 0I am hearing on Twitter that the exit polls show 10 percent of self-identified Tea Party supporters voted for Obama, and that Mitt Romney is winning among households with a government worker in Virginia. In related news, voters are messing with exit pollsters.
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:44:06 PM PST
by
Dog
(Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
To: dfwgator
Posted over at NRO...
Okay, Exit Polls, Now Youre Just Messing With Us November 6, 2012 6:08 P.M. Comments 0I am hearing on Twitter that the exit polls show 10 percent of self-identified Tea Party supporters voted for Obama, and that Mitt Romney is winning among households with a government worker in Virginia. In related news, voters are messing with exit pollsters.
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:44:30 PM PST
by
Dog
(Founding member of the Osama Bin Laden was alive the whole time club..)
To: tanknetter
These are early returns but should the polls hold up, the election may be decided by razor thin margins.
Wonderful if the country can’t make up its mind as to what it wants.
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:44:34 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
s 5m John Podhoretz John Podhoretz @jpodhoretz CNN exits say 15 percent of conservatives voted for Obama? Bzzzzzzt. h/t @bogutman
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:45:41 PM PST
by
Raycpa
To: Raycpa
Yeah, really!
Either the exit poll data is messed up or the country is royally screwed.
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:47:23 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
I assume that they were Freepers.
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:49:33 PM PST
by
Raycpa
To: Raycpa
There are conservatives who can’t stand Mitt Happens.
But I find it hard to imagine them voting for Obama!
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:53:51 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
Or they will just stay home or possibly vote for 1 of the other schmucks on the ballot.
Whatever they choose, they are pretty much supporting Obama in a race that is this close.
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:57:23 PM PST
by
JerseyDvl
(Cogito Ergo Doleo Soetoro, ABO and of course FUBO!)
To: goldstategop
But I can imagine them saying they are voting for Obama.
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:58:09 PM PST
by
Raycpa
To: Raycpa
People are LYING to the pollsters..ANYONE who calls themselves a Tea Party Patriot or a Conservative who votes for Obama deserves a sledgehammer to the head..NO WAY IS THAT TRUE
To: RobertClark
I’m on the Indiana SOS site and there’s no numbers yet.
Where are you getting them?
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posted on
11/06/2012 3:59:33 PM PST
by
Clump
( the tree of liberty is withering like a stricken fig tree)
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