Posted on 11/03/2010 5:26:36 AM PDT by Colofornian
As of this writing, the GOP has been declared the winner in or is winning in 243 House districts. If this number holds, it would exceed any Republican majority since 1946.
The exit polls portray an electorate that is broadly dissatisfied with the performance of Barack Obama to date. 54% of voters say they disapprove of President Obama's job performance, and they broke 85-11 for the Republicans. The 45% who approve of Obama's job performance broke 85-13 for the Democrats. The economy dominated voter concerns, and those who were most concerned about the economy voted heavily Republican. Disapproval of Obama and dissatisfaction of the economy seem to have been linked, with a whopping 65% of voters saying that the stimulus bill either hurt the economy or did no good, and those voters overwhelmingly favored the Republican party.
Was the health care bill a factor? It is hard to say because, for some reason the exit pollsters asked a ridiculous question:
What Should Congress Do With New Health Care Law?
(a) Expand It (31%)
(b) Leave It As Is (16%)
(c) Repeal It (48%)
Ultimately, the problem is with (a). What does that mean? The imprecision of the question means our data on the health care bill is very limited. Still a preliminary analysis suggests that votes for health care in the Congress -- especially yea to nay votes -- hurt incumbent Democrats.
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...the GOP prevailed because 23% of voters with an unfavorable opinion of the GOP voted Republican anyway. That suggests that the difference was in intensity of feeling -- voters are mad at both parties, but madder at the Democrats...
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48% of voters want ObamaSocialistUnCare repealed.
And that 23% of voters mad @ Republicans voted for them, anyway...because they were madder @ the Democrats.
key graf:
“For the Republicans, tonight represents not so much a new governing majority but an opportunity to build a majority. Republicans should look very carefully at their problems in the Senate races, where gains of upwards of 9 look to have been reduced to just 6 or 7. Republicans need to recognize that while conservative principles can win in America, they require candidates with broad appeal. Clearly, Sharron Angle, Ken Buck, and Christine O’Donnell are not these kinds of candidates. The goal of the Republican party in the next two years should be to articulate the conservative case with an eye to persuading as many voters as possible.”
“And that 23% of voters mad @ Republicans voted for them, anyway...because they were madder @ the Democrats.”
And if the Republicans don’t watch themselves this time these fickle voters will just hand it back to the left next time.
I hope the Tea Party has enough clout in the House to scare the livin’ hell out of the establishment. The Tea Party has to stand firm and make THEM tow the line.
Morgan Griffith beat long-term Democrat Rick Boucher using signs that said “Stop Obama, Vote Griffith”. He tied Boucher to Obama.
O’Donnell and Angle were the right candidates: if the GOP had supported them then they would have won. The hell with this guy’s backdoor RINO-ism.
Christine O’Donnell? From Delaware? We’re talking about the same person, here?
That’s right, her. Try to keep up.
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