Election Analysis - Corruption Tops the List
Nov 9, 2006 at 1:13 PM by Political Chase
Some scientific post-election analysis:
Animosity for the White House, the war in Iraq, and the Republican Party corruption, topped the list of voter persuasion and gave the Democrats a 53% to 45 % advantage. (Edison Media Research & Mitofsky International).
- 57% of voters gave Bush a negative job approval rating – an 11–point jump from 2004 and a 26–point jump from 2002.
- 56% of voters were not pleased with the war in Iraq.
- 55% of voters said the country was headed in the wrong direction.
Although it was perceived the election as a referendum on the Bush administration, the AP reports Republican Congressional corruption was the greatest obstacle for the GOP (Edison Media Research & Mitofsky International).
- 75% of respondents cited corruption as the deciding factor in their votes.
- 67% of respondents cited the Iraq war as the deciding factor in their votes.
Pew attributes the Democrats success to “a surge in independent voter support.”
- Independents favored Democrats 57% to 39% in 2006; in 2004 the split was 50/46 favorable to the Democrats.
- “Self-described moderates” favored Democrats 61% to 38%.
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