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Ichingcarpenter

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Wed Apr 10, 2013, 03:23 AM Apr 2013

The Moderates and the 2010 election [View all]

The truth: 2006 exit polls http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/US/H/00/epolls.0.html

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2010/results/polls/

You’ll notice that liberal turnout was about the same in both midterms, about 20%. But it appears that either moderates sat out the 2010 in great numbers or they flipped to conservative. Either way, the urban legend is not borne out in exit poll data so stop that bullshit.


I also blame Obama's choice of Tim Caine who just plain sucked and I complained before the election his lack of presence on promoting democratic talking points to the public.

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The Moderates and the 2010 election [View all] Ichingcarpenter Apr 2013 OP
The 2nd chart doesn't directly come up and which one would correspond with the 2006? graham4anything Apr 2013 #1
kr HiPointDem Apr 2013 #2
Who do you suppose does the work to get those moderates to the polls? Demo_Chris Apr 2013 #3
gonna leave "president" blank dtom67 Apr 2013 #4
Thank you! Union Scribe Apr 2013 #5
The right always comes out to vote The Wizard Apr 2013 #6
I guess you missed reading Ichingcarpenter Apr 2013 #7
Opinion is not fact The Wizard Apr 2013 #8
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