I looked at the natl house exit poll for this year and compared it with 06 and 08 and 94. Definite improvement form 06 and 08.
In 06 the the GOP only got 47% of men, this year they 55%. In 06 they only got 43% of women. This year 49%. Even better from 08. In 08 they got 46% of men and 42% of women.
They only got 54% of men in 94.
They got 53% of white men in 06, 62% this year, the same as in 94. They got 50% of white women in 06, 57% this year(definitely a Palin effect, I’d think, up from 55% in 94. They got 60% of whites overall, up from 51% in 2006, and even up from the 58% of 1994.
In 06 the GOP got 39% of independents. This year they got 55%. In 94 they got 56%.
They ot 78% of conservatives in 06, 85% this year. They only got 79% of conservatives in 94 and only 81% in 2004 when W won. I’d guess that 85% is probably an all time ehigh among conservatives.
In 2006 the electorate was 32-20 conservative liberal with the rest moderate. this year it was 41-20 conservative, again likely another all time high.
Seniors went from 49-49 in 2006 to 58-39 GOP this year.
Catholics went from 55-44 dem in 06 to 53-45 GOP this year.
They got 76% of white evangelicals in 94, 77% this year.
Basically, in pretty much evert category, they’ve exceeded their numbers from 1994.
A very interesting total was the gay vote. In 2006 gay voters went 76-24 Dem. this year, it was down to 66-33 Dem. Maybe it’s Obama’s stance on DADT. But 33% among gay voters for the GOP is really amazing.
Anyway, the exit poll #s are all very good.
Exit polls are quite positive. Wish it would have held for us in the Senate but it just wasn’t in the cards. In this climate I cannot believe we didn’t fare better unless fraud played a big factor.