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'09 Exit Polls: From Obama to the Economy
abcnews.go.com - 23 days ago
'09 Exit Polls: From Obama to the Economy
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Virginia, New Jersey exit polls to reveal mood on Obama, economy, health care.
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 23 days ago
Exit poll: In Virginia, it's all about the economy
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — (CNN) - The economy and jobs are the number on issue on the minds of voters in... Virginia, according to data from CNN exit polls Tuesday. Forty-six percent of Virginian voting Tuesday, as Republican Bob McDonnell and Democrat Creigh Deeds faced ... (more) Exit poll: In Virginia, it's all about the economy

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Exit polls: In New Jersey, Obama not a major factor
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 23 days ago
Exit polls: In New Jersey, Obama not a major factor
— politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Palin argues against the president's health care proposals in a new Op-Ed. (CNN) - Six in 10... New Jersey voters said Tuesday that President Obama had no effect on their vote in this off-year gubernatorial election, according to ... (more) Exit polls: In New Jersey, Obama not a major factor

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Exit Polls in Va. and N.J.: The Obama (Non) Factor?
cbsnews.com - 23 days ago
Exit Polls in Va. and N.J.: The Obama (Non) Factor?
— cbsnews.com — This post was written by CBS News' Jennifer DePinto and Fred Backus. As voters in Virginia and... New Jersey headed to the polls today to elect their governors, Americans across the country were watching these off-year races for implications about the ... (more) Exit Polls in Va. and N.J.: The Obama (Non) Factor?

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Daily Pundit:  Blind, Deaf, and Dumb - And Like It That Way!

Below The Beltway:  Exit Polls: It’s Not Obama That’s The Issue, It’s The Economy, Stupid

The Note:  The Note's Must-Reads for Wednesday, November 4, 2009

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Blind, Deaf, and Dumb - And Like It That Way!
Daily Pundit — Election 2009: Virginia, New Jersey Exit Polls - From Obama to the Economy - ABC News Vast economic discontent marked the mood of Tuesday’s off-year voters, portending potential trouble for incumbents generally and Democrats in particular in 2010. Still the gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey looked less like a referendum on Barack Obama… And… Voters who expressed the highest levels of economic discontent heavily favored the Republican candidates in both states – underscoring the ...

Exit Polls: It’s Not Obama That’s The Issue, It’s The Economy, Stupid
Below The Beltway — ... At the same time, Democrats are warned that the economy is the top issue in voters minds, and that’s likely to remain the case for the next 12 months: ...

The Note's Must-Reads for Wednesday, November 4, 2009
The Note — ... ABC News app on your iPhone/iPod Touch: LINK ELECTION COVERAGE: ABC News’ Rick Klein: “Election 2009: Republicans Win Governor’s Races in New Jersey and Virginia” LINK ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos: “It’s the Economy” LINK ABC News’ Steve Osunsami, Ryan Owens and Sadie Bass: “Historic Stakes for Atlanta and Houston Mayoral Races” LINK ABC News’ Gary Langer: “’09 Exit Polls: Voters Approve of Obama, Wary of Economy” LINK The Wall Street Journal’s Jonathan Weisman and Corey Dade: “Republicans Win in Key States” ...

The Note: Change Election - GOP Finds Hope; Democrats Find Fear; Independents Find Power
The Note — ... Among the troublesome signs: “Vast economic discontent marked the mood of Tuesday's off-year voters, portending potential trouble for incumbents generally and Democrats in particular in 2010,” ABC Polling Director Gary Langer writes, off of the exit polls. ...

+++ SHOCK: GOP CARRIES FAIRFAX COUNTY! +++
Snapped Shot — ... And while I find this morning's spin that this has nothing whatsoever to do with the Democratic-controlled Federal government to be extremely silly ("Voters Approve of Obama," ABC cheers triumphantly), it definitely does show what happens when the Democratic Party gets careless enough to run openly-liberal candidates here in Virginia. ...

Appealing to 'independents'
Political Animal — ... plenty of What It All Means analysis this morning, most of which seems rather pointless. The day is pretty easy to summarize: Democrats won two congressional races; Republicans won two gubernatorial races; and gay rights supporters won a fight one state while losing in another. Voters are in a foul mood, but there's no evidence at all that yesterday's races "send a signal to Washington," one way or another. That said, one of the more common takeaways this morning is the emphasis on how "independents" voted . A key factor, as in most elections, was independents: Obama split ...

Simon Rosenberg: Shifting Through the Economic Messages From the Elections Last Night
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — As the Huffington Post has been reporting all morning, ABC sums up the New Jersey and Virginia exit polls this way: Vast economic discontent marked the mood of Tuesday's off-year voters, portending potential trouble for incumbents generally and Democrats in particular in 2010. Still the gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey looked less like a referendum on Barack Obama than a reflection of their own candidates and issues. The gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey looked less like a referendum on Barack Obama than a reflection of ...

Connecting the Dots
Wizbang — Relying on exit polling in the NJ and VA gubernatorial races yesterday, ABC News has concluded that yesterday's overwhelmingly negative results for Democrats should in no way reflect on the sheer beauty and grace that is President Barack Obama (emphasis mine): The gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey looked less like a referendum on Barack Obama than a reflection of their own candidates and issues. Still, the two Republican victories, in predominantly Democratic New Jersey and in purple Virginia, had to smart. Just under half the voters in Virginia, 48 percent, ...

Concerns About Economy Aided In Republican Victories In Virginia And New Jersey
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — ABC: Vast economic discontent marked the mood of Tuesday’s off-year voters, portending potential trouble for incumbents generally and Democrats in particular in 2010. Still the gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey looked less like a referendum on Barack Obama than a reflection of their own candidates and issues. The gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey looked less like a referendum on Barack Obama than a reflection of their own candidates and issues. Still, the two Republican victories, in predominantly ...

Not a bad day at all
The Reaction — ... IN NEITHER OF THESE TWO ELECTIONS WAS OBAMA A FACTOR! Voters chose based almost strictly on local and statewide issues, not the national scene and in no way should either of these elections be considered as part of a larger "Republican Rescusitation" ...

Election Night & Black Voters: Bookerista Views
Booker Rising — ... ? Or young voters who didn’t bother to show up? Though President Barack Obama campaigned for the Democratic candidate in Virginia and New Jersey, exit polls show there was not much of an Obama factor." ...

The good, the bad, and the upsets
The Reaction — ... In both Virginia and New Jersey, exit polls showed that voters made their decisions based in some part on anxiety over the state of the U.S. economy, but in little or no part on the basis of what they think about President Obama. Republicans who want to paint yesterday’s results as some kind of referendum on Obama ...

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Hints from New Jersey? — The Political Carnival
By GottaLaff Via Taegan: Hotline : "According to early exit poll data released by CNN, ex-U.S. Atty Chris Christie (R) leads Gov. Jon Corzine among indie voters, 58-33% . Indies make up 27% of the electorate thus far today. For comparison, the latest Monmouth Univ. poll -- which had an ...
Hints from New Jersey? — Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
Some interesting exit poll findings: Hotline : "According to early exit poll data released by CNN, ex-U.S. Atty Chris Christie (R) leads Gov. Jon Corzine among indie voters, 58-33%. Indies make up 27% of the electorate thus far today. For comparison, the latest Monmouth Univ. poll -- which ...
Not a referendum on Obama — Daily Kos
Ignore the exit poll topline numbers, since those are always bunk. However, the issue stuff is always much better, and while the numbers might shift some as the data is massaged to reflect the actual results, these numbers are well within the exit poll's margin of error: Per CNN, voters in ...
Exit polls: In New Jersey, Obama not a major factor — The Political Carnival
By GottaLaff We need to energize our peeps again: Six in 10 New Jersey voters said Tuesday that President Obama had no effect on their vote in this off-year gubernatorial election, according to early CNN Exit Poll data. [...] When asked if Obama had an effect on their vote, 60 percent ...