It wasn't a big percentage of Republicans who were so demoralized they didn't vote.
I estimate it was about 5-percent.
But that was enough to give the win to many Democrats in close election, of which there were many in 2002, 2004, and again in 2006.
My Republican congressman got 55 percent of the vote in 2004.
On Tuesday, he got 49.5 percent.
Based on what? Your guts? The amount your guy lost by?
"What are the facts? Again and again and again --- what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore divine revelation, forget what "the stars foretell", avoid opinion, Care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable "verdict of history" --- what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always in to an unknown future; facts are your only chance. Get the facts! " --RA Heinlein