"Study: GOP to Dominate for Generation!!"
"The mid-term elections of 2002 reflect a sea change in American electoral politics in which the Republican Party will dominate for a generation, says a prominent pollster. Republicans' precedent-setting victories Nov. 5 were "much more than President Bush getting out the vote in close Senate races," says an analytical introduction to "The GOP Generation," on the website of its author, pollster Scott Rasmussen.
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"A couple of factors – national security and the war on terror – no doubt favored Bush and Republicans generally during the midterm elections. But Rasmussen told WorldNetDaily that other "institutional" changes were taking place that could lead the Grand Old Party into majority status for years to come, such as shifts in demographics and workplace habits. And, data indicate, the president is playing excellent politics. For example, Democrats sought to capitalize on a sagging U.S. economy by blaming Bush and Republicans for a series of corporate scandals that allegedly sapped investor and consumer confidence. But Bush and the GOP instead were able to successfully counter those charges by tying victorious prosecution of the war on terror as one way to rebuild investor and consumer confidence. Since Republicans have traditionally fared better in matters of national security, the gambit worked. "Quite frankly, most Americans are closer to Bush's view, so it's been a unifying factor for Republicans," Rasmussen said. "One of the surprises in the data … was that the economy and war issues were intertwined, almost as a single issue. As international tensions rose, the economy suffered, so one of the best economic policies for the president to follow was to focus on national security problems."
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