[neverdem]

Re: 2006 exit polls On party identification, 26 percent said they're Independent, which is in line with recent elections. But this year, Independents went Democratic by a 57-39 margin. That's what gave the day to Democrats. In the 2002 midterm, by contrast, Independents went Republican in a 48-45 split.

So it's near the ballpark. Does anyone have turnout numbers in 2006?

[westmichman]

My mother (who is as solid “R” as there is) says she is voting for Baruch O. in the primary to keep that woman out.

[Theodore R.]

Most independents are so confused and unsure of themselves, not unlike the lackluster and cowardly Republicans. The GOP needs to drop the elephant symbol and use the “cowardly lion”.