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Dems Turnout Higher Than GOP For First Time Since 1990
American University ^ | Nov. 9, 2006 | American University

Posted on 11/11/2006 12:00:19 AM PST by FairOpinion

The Democratic share of the eligible vote casting ballots for the House of Representatives increased from 16.8 percent in 2002 to 17.9 in 2006.

The Republican share declined sharply, from 19.2 percent in 2002 to 16.8 in 2006. This marks the first mid-term election since 1990 in which the Democrats garnered more votes that the GOP.

In the ballots so far counted in 2006 (and again excluding California, Oregon and Washington), citizens cast 31,703,311 votes for Democratic candidates for U.S. House, compared to 28,749,023 in 2002. The Republican candidates received 29,920,240 votes in 2006 compared with 32,771,580 in 2002.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; turnout
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To: over3Owithabrain
A lesson for us all as to why that didn't happen...

The typical American watches CNN or one of the alphabet networks for their news. These sources blatantly unmasked their bias this past election cycle.

No matter what program you went to....Olberman, Matthews, Leno, Letterman, Stewart, Dobbs, Maher...

No matter what concert you attended...Dixie Chicks, Barbra Streisand, Rolling Stones, U-2,...no matter what entertainment interview, it was anti-Bush 24/7 354 days a year.

Bottom line...if Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin were alive today, they'd be jailed for inciting violence.

I feel very badly for my children for the United States we baby boomers are leaving to them.

121 posted on 11/11/2006 7:45:59 AM PST by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
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To: montag813
When a "Republican" is pro-abortion and anti-gun, how can you convince Americans not to vote for a Democrat who, in many cases this year, was pro-life and pro-gun? RINOs kill turnout.

Didn't hurt the Dem candidate if he or she got the NRA endorsement, too.

122 posted on 11/11/2006 7:58:51 AM PST by pray4liberty (School District horrors: http://totallyunjust.tripod.com)
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To: Rokke
This thing is chocked with info that I'm going to have to analyze.

Thanks...this is the kind of data I'm looking for. I hope it has something other than percentages. As a statistician I am inherently averse to percentages without raw data.

123 posted on 11/11/2006 8:02:05 AM PST by evad
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To: DB

well with nancy and harry they will be begging for a bush agenda now, hmmmmm


124 posted on 11/11/2006 8:04:52 AM PST by italianquaker (Democrats its time to fish or cut bait, no more blaming Prez Bush.)
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To: FairOpinion

"But Republicans and conservatives who didn't bother voting are directly responsible for the current Dem Congress."


It is too easy to simply blame the voters when the Republican leadership deserves a great deal of the blame. Yes, I did vote for a straight GOP ticket. Although I did not agree, I understand why a significant number of conservatives abandoned the GOP. Those voters will be back if the GOP gets its act together, in the meantime blaming them simply turns the focus away from the real problem.


125 posted on 11/11/2006 8:13:46 AM PST by rob777 (Personal Responsibility is the Price of Freedom)
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To: DB

"The first order of responsibility lies with the Republican congress and the President who squandered the opportunity to lead, and not act like democrats lite. The voters did their duty to put them in office for that purpose in the first place. So while I think it was a serious mistake for the voters to do what they did, they are not the primary cause."



Thank you for focusing the blame where it ought to be if the problem is to be fixed. Blaming disgruntled conservatives is NOT going to bring them back on board. We simply can not afford to have the GOP think that they have a divine right to our vote.


126 posted on 11/11/2006 8:18:38 AM PST by rob777 (Personal Responsibility is the Price of Freedom)
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To: bert

I went out and bought a new box of popcorn! I'm ready... let the show begin! ;-)

LLS


127 posted on 11/11/2006 9:03:33 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (Preserve America... kill terrorists... destroy dims!)
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To: FairOpinion

Bookmarked


128 posted on 11/11/2006 9:51:22 AM PST by Kuksool (I learned more about political science on FR than in college)
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To: NavVet
Everyone who is blaming the "conservative protest non-vote" is correct of course; however, denying the reality of human nature isn't going to fix the problem. We should be focusing on why the base was so demoralized that we now have San Fran Nan imposing her neo-comm values on the rest of us.

I think I know why, MSM and WEAK Republican response, even from their own supporters.

129 posted on 11/11/2006 10:09:24 AM PST by Echo Talon
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To: FairOpinion
What some of us are doing is trying to get people to start working on a strategy to win in 2008. Continuing to do what caused us to lose is NOT the winning strategy.

Sorry, but blaming voters is ridiculous. It's like blaming no-show fans for a football team's bad performance. The GOP earned this loss, big time, and there was absolutely no indication given that the GOP would have changed their ways had they maintanied control. I voted straight "R" (except for one "L" - I couldn't vote for the horribly corrupt Jeanine Pirro), but I did not do so happily. The GOP has a lot of fence-mending to do, but sadly, the only "R" I've heard admit this is John McCain - hardly encouraging.

130 posted on 11/11/2006 10:09:57 AM PST by Major Matt Mason (Moderates cannot be allowed to control the GOP - 11/7/06 is the proof.)
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To: spunkets
I don't understand your post. What are you getting at?

turnout, not that many people voted.

131 posted on 11/11/2006 10:11:01 AM PST by Echo Talon
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To: Major Matt Mason

So, you think the leftist Dem Congress is an improvement over the Republicans?


132 posted on 11/11/2006 10:12:54 AM PST by FairOpinion (Don't give up! Start working on 2008 GOP win strategy NOW.)
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To: rob777

"We simply can not afford to have the GOP think that they have a divine right to our vote."


But the Dems do?! Is your way of curing the flu to go out and get life threatening pneumonia?


133 posted on 11/11/2006 10:16:08 AM PST by FairOpinion (Don't give up! Start working on 2008 GOP win strategy NOW.)
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To: FairOpinion
But Republicans and conservatives who didn't bother voting are directly responsible for the current Dem Congress.

Wrong. The Republican party as a whole abandoned conservatism and conservatives. They want conservatives back, it's time to start behaving like a conservative party.

134 posted on 11/11/2006 10:25:38 AM PST by Ol' Sparky
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To: FairOpinion
So, you think the leftist Dem Congress is an improvement over the Republicans?

Of course not, but that isn't the point. The point is, why didn't Republican voters turn out this time? You aren't going to get these people to come out the next time if you keep flinging mud their way. They've held up their end of the bargain since '94, but the people they've been sending to Congress haven't. In a sense, this outcome was inevitable.

135 posted on 11/11/2006 10:28:52 AM PST by Major Matt Mason (Moderates cannot be allowed to control the GOP - 11/7/06 is the proof.)
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To: FairOpinion
No, the election results may have SAVED the nation from Hillary Clinton and a Democratically-controlled congress. The results give the Republican party two years to get back to the principles of Reagan, find conservative leaders and a conservative Presidential candidate, all of which wasn't going to happen if the status quo remained the same.

Stop blaming the voters for the failures of the Republican party.

136 posted on 11/11/2006 10:30:57 AM PST by Ol' Sparky
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To: HapaxLegamenon

You keep telling yourself that. LOL.


137 posted on 11/11/2006 10:32:44 AM PST by onyx (I'm now a minority and victim of the democrats, but with full and free entitlements!)
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To: Major Matt Mason

I thought you said you heard an "R" say this.


138 posted on 11/11/2006 10:32:58 AM PST by NavVet (O)
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To: FairOpinion
What some of us are doing is trying to get people to start working on a strategy to win in 2008. Continuing to do what caused us to lose is NOT the winning strategy.

And, the only way to do that is figure what the Republicans did wrong. What turned off voters, including many conservatives off, is what needs to be corrected.

Why don't you take your own advice and stop whining that principled conservatives wouldn't hold their nose and vote for a party that abandoned them and start demanding the Republicans get their act together.

139 posted on 11/11/2006 10:35:49 AM PST by Ol' Sparky
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To: LibLieSlayer

I hope it was from Boy Scouts Of America......

Those who eat popcorn would do us a great service by buying BSA


140 posted on 11/11/2006 10:39:42 AM PST by bert (48 year BSA member)
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