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Despite a perceived anti incumbent fever across the land, the vote yesterday was decidedly anti-Democratic, political pundits said. Election results show a complete distaste for President Clinton -- as evidenced by the defeat of the popular Texas Governor Ann Richards. In exit polls, about half of the voters leaving polling places said their pocketbook situations hadn't improved under Clinton and a quarter said things were worse for them. So the voters got even with Democrats -- the party running Congress for most of their lifetimes. "Not since 1952 have Republicans controlled the United States Congress," crowed Sen. Bob Dole...
...Republican victory can be attributed to the middle class -- once the kingdom of the Democrats -- switching allegiances, according to Tuesday exit poll data released today. More than half the voters in the $30,000 to $50,000 income bracket sided with the GOP this year, up sharply from 43 percent in the 1990 midterm elections. Another GOP voter marker: education: Exit polls show that only those without a high school diploma and those with postgraduate degrees were firmly Democratic. The vast middle ground of voters with high school or college degrees voted Republican. Baby boomers, a majority of whom have...
Returns-watchers are expecting a Republican sweep to be as big as advertised or even bigger -- with virtually every competitive race, according to early exit polls, too close to call. The GOP needed to win at least seven seats totake power in the Senate, and 40 seats in the House. Republican Senate leaders, including Texas Sen. Phil Gramm, say exit polls suggest they'll gain nine seats -- two more than the number needed to take control of the Senate -- a first for the GOP since 1986. (Tony Coehlo, a chief Democrat strategist, admits the Dems will lose five to eight...
During debate before the full council, another sponsor of the measure, Rudd W. Coffey '97, said that adding a mid-year election would force members to confront student concerns more frequently. He also said that having elections each semester would allow bored and unproductive members to exit gracefully...
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