[IamConservative]

I hope the so-called perfect conservatives are happy with their new Democrat Congress.

Republicans in my neck of the woods lost in November because the center abandoned Republicans due to the War and Immigration. Our republican turnout was as large and loyal as it had been since 1994.

[technomage]

Republicans in my neck of the woods lost in November because the center abandoned Republicans due to the War and Immigration. Our republican turnout was as large and loyal as it had been since 1994.

Then your area was the exception and not the rule.

From TownHall.org (Janice Shaw Crouse):

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In terms of how groups voted, there were slight, but very significant changes from 2002 to 2006 that spelled disaster for the GOP.

• More Republicans voted for Democrats (9 percent), than Democrats voted for Republicans (6 percent).

• More conservatives voted for Democrats (21 percent), than liberals voted for Republicans (10 percent).

• Nearly 30 percent (29 percent) of White Evangelicals voted for Democrats, and 54 percent of those who attend church weekly voted for Democrats.

• Among voters who thought that the scandals were "extremely important," 53 percent voted Democrat.

Though roughly the same percentage of evangelicals voted in 2006 as voted in 2002 (24 and 25 percent), there was a 2 percentage point drop in conservatives who voted (34 percent in 2002 compared with 32 percent in 2006). Also, there was an increase in the percentage of liberals who voted; in 2002, 17 percent of voters identified themselves as liberal compared to 21 percent in 2006.

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As anyone here on FR can see, while there was a small drop of conservatives that turned out to vote (a 2% drop), there was a 4% INCREASE in liberal voters.

Those 2% of conservatives who did not vote are the stay at home, protest non-voters. 2% could easily have swung a number of states. It appears that more liberal voters realized how important these mid-terms were than conservative voters.

We get the politicians we deserve by our voting (or non-voting) actions.

[lawnguy]

Republicans in my neck of the woods lost in November because the center abandoned Republicans due to the War and Immigration. Our republican turnout was as large and loyal as it had been since 1994.

You are on the money. I also think the minimum wage issue that was on so many state ballots hurt badly.

But we have to find a way to frame the immigration issue in a way not to offend hispanics, or we are bound for permanent minority status, and Presidet Clinton II.

[italianquaker]

not in my county, they turned tail and voted rat, so i hope there happy because ted, hillary and nancy are