3 Charts Show How America Voted in This Year's Midterm Elections
Note here: I'm not sure if posting the actual charts would put me over the four paragraph rule, so for this post I'm only providing some of the text. You can follow the link to view the actual charts or perhaps someone could put them up in a separate post in this thread.
If we can trust the exit poll data (at this point, that's somewhat questionable) the factors that most determined the outcome of this mid-term were gender, race and age. That's nothing new but this time around the results were especially brutal.
What I'd really like to see is a breakdown that provides some data on what percentage of these groups actually voted. If women and minorities aren't voting at the same percentage as white males, for example, then we have to ask why they aren't voting and how we can close that gap.
http://mic.com/articles/103422/3-charts-show-how-america-voted-in-this-year-s-midterm-elections
Policy.Mic
3 Charts Show How America Voted in This Year's Midterm Elections
By Becca Stanek
November 4, 2014
Demographic breakdowns of votes this midterm elections didn't stray far from trends established by previous elections.
Exit poll data revealed that voting tendencies remained relatively consistent across age groups, race groups, and men and women in comparison to the 2012 exit poll results. The following charts track data from election polls from 2008 up through Tuesday's election, highlighting the changes and consistencies in votes for both parties throughout the years. The data is based on exit polls conducted by Edison Research and compiled by the New York Times.
Age
Younger generations maintained their alliance to Democrats, whereas older age groups continued to lean toward the right. Democrats did lose a small edge with millennial voters, as some polls predicted. However, it's also important to note that early election polls don't always fully account for votes cast later in the day, of which millennials make up a large percentage.... MORE at link provided above.