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Originally Posted by kane
In the end it is all about the economy. The exit polls show that 45% of those who voted said that Obama was not a factor in how they voted. 45% also said the economy was their main concern with healthcare second at 25%.
The reality is that unemployment may be down, but many of those jobs that have been created are lower paying service and retail jobs. There are still plenty of people hurting economically and when that is your reality you tend to vote for the opposition.
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But there isn't really an opposition. Republicans have controlled the House since 2010. There isn't a single economic bill or law that has passed without Republican input and votes since 2009.
What you had wasn't a debate over ideas and policy or even the future of the country -- since the election has zero impact on any of that, really. What you had were Republicans cared more, turned out more, voted more..
Nobody ran on "I have this great idea to deal with the economy" you had candidates who talked more about Harry Reid then their actual opponent. The GOP base blames Democrats for anything bad that happens, the Democratic base blames Republicans for anything bad that happens.. and Republicans just turned out for the election while most Democrats shurged it off, I wouldn't read too much into this election