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Exit Poll Madness!
Weekly Standard Blog —
Nothing on the big picture, but the internals are fair game.
In Virginia and New Jersey, the No. 1 issue is unsurprisingly economy and jobs:
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 off for the governor's mansion, say that the economy and jobs are the most important issue to their vote. One in four indicate that health care reform is ...
Exit Polls: Economy a Concern, Obama Not So Much
The Page by Mark Halperin —
Getty/istockphoto.com CNN finds voters in New Jersey and Virginia top concern was the economy , majority in both states say Obama didn't affect their vote .
Ballot Watch: Waiting for the results that everyone tells us mean nothing
Michelle Malkin —
... a bit of the Obama-as-a-factor-but-not-as-much-as-we-want-you-to-think analysis of exit poll results. Politicker reports on the return of “It’s the economy, stupid:” Forty-six percent of Virginian voting Tuesday, as Republican Bob McDonnell and Democrat Creigh Deeds faced off for the governor’s mansion, say that the economy and jobs are the most important issue to their vote. One in four indicate that health care reform is their most pressing issue, 14 percent said taxes were upmost on their minds, and 8 percent suggest that transportation woes were most pressing.“The ...
Exit Polls Showing Obama Not Major Factor In Elections (But the Economy Is)
The Moderate Voice —
Some news stories are now reporting that exit polls in various states suggest that President Barack Obama has not been a major factor in the voting (but don’t expect the Democrats not to use that point if they win some and the GOP to use it as a key point if they win some).
Here are some links to the original source material:
Exit Polls: Obama as (non) factor?
Exit poll: In Virginia, it’s all about the economy
Exit polls: In New Jersey, Obama not a major factor
Exit poll: Economy concerns New Jersey voters most
And ...
Not About Obama
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
The exit polls are very clear and, when you think about it, it makes perfect sense. A reader writes: How in the world can the pundits (even Megan or Marc, both of whom I
like) honestly take results tonight as a referendum on Obama when: ...
Exit Polls and Exit, Corzine
Opinionator —
... later and no Change. Was that a “factor” in people’s votes tonight? I’m going to guess, since we’re cracking 85 percent on the low end of those who are worried, that it was. Oh, one other polling number from CNN worth noting: The Democrats’ lead on the generic ballot among registered voters is down to six points, the lowest it’s been since 2004. The last poll taken by CNN before the 1994 elections showed the Democrats by three. Perspective. If the president wasn’t on voters’ minds, what was? “The economy and jobs are the number on issue on the minds of voters in Virginia, ...
Reflections on the Impending Death of Obamacare
GayPatriot —
... In Virginia, forty-six percent said “that the economy and jobs are the most important issue to their vote. One in four indicate that health care reform is their most pressing issue,” In New Jersey, ...
