Weird Findings From 2010's Exit Poll Data

[sufrommich]

Based on a comparison of 2006 and 2010 exit polls, here are the demographic groups that showed the biggest swing into the Republican column this year:

Nonvoters from 2008 (+56)
Independents (+36)
Rural voters (+25)
Northeast voters (+20)
Age 65 and older (+21)
Catholics (+21)
White voters (+19)
Income under $30,000 (+19)
Income over $200,000 (+19)
High school grads (+19)


Here are the groups that showed the smallest swing into the Republican column:

Liberals (-6)
African-Americans (-2)
Mothers (+1)
"Other" religion (+2)
Age 18-29 (+5)
No high school (+7)
Union households (+8)
Big city voters (+8)


http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/11/raw-data

[jkshaw]

1. I am truly sick of kowtowing to

the "Independent" voter. These voters swing, all right. They swing with the prevailing wind -- which comes from the media because reading is too difficult for them