Open Left - Front Page:
Since August 15th, President Obama's job approval rating has mirrored the results of the 2008 election almost precisely. By superimposing the results of the 2008 election over Pollster.com's graph of Obama job approval ratin (Read More)
Media Matters for America:
On the November 18th Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson advanced the baseless claim that health care reform "is going to add a lot of money to the debt."From the November 18 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:CARLSON: (Read More)
The Guardian:
Roland Emmerich's disaster blockbuster rode Sony's simultaneous roll-out to the top of box-office charts everywhere, but the Twilight sequel is set to put it in the shade next weekThe winnerRoland Emmerich and Sony know how t (Read More)
Open Left - Front Page:
So, 90% of McCain's support came from whites, and 89% came from Christians, but the country is getting less white, and less Christian, and even whites and Christians are voting more and more for Democrats. That sentence shou (Read More)
Media Matters for America:
As Congress continues to debate health care reform legislation, Media Matters for America presents the latest in a series of reports identifying and debunking myths and falsehoods in the media's coverage of the issue.MYTH (Read More)
Open Left - Front Page:
When Reagan was first elected, only one percent of voters (and six percent of the population) were Hispanic. Just five years previously, jurisdictions with Hispanic voters had been added to the list of areas covered by the V (Read More)
Media Matters for America:
Back in 2001, conservative media figures were adamant. Democratic Party victories at the ballot boxes during the off-year elections had little national significance. Fox News contributor Dick Morris said at the time, "[I]f yo (Read More)
RealClearPolitics:
Paul Krugman, New York TimesRemember those Republican boasts that they would turn health care into President Obama's Waterloo? Well, exit polls suggest that to the extent that health care was an issue in Tuesday's e (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Op-Ed Columns:
During long campaign swings in Virginia's recent gubernatorial campaign, Bob McDonnell's staff would count the cars that sported both Obama and McDonnell bumper stickers. These ideologically confused motorists turned out to b (Read More)
Open Left - Front Page:
The complete exit polls for the 2009 elections in New Jersey and Virginia are now available. Compared to the 2006 and 2008 exit polls for those states, the percentage of the electorate under the age of 45 is most striking:Pe (Read More)
Swing State Project:
? FL-Sen: It looks like the Club for Growth has decided to weigh in on the Florida Senate primary, and they're doing so with a vengeance, with a TV spot going after Charlie Crist's embrace of the Obama stimulus package. Crist (Read More)
MSNBC:
From NBC's Domenico MontanaroIf you're looking for the full 2009 exit polls, here they are:2009 New Jersey Exit Poll2009 Virginia Exit PollAnd here's a compilation of some of what we've written over the past few days going in (Read More)
Washington Post:
Voters worried about jobs and the shaky economy helped drive Republican gubernatorial victories in Virginia and New Jersey, according to exit polls, adding political urgency to Democratic efforts to combat the nation's surgin (Read More)
CNN Political Ticker:
TOPICS: Exit polls in New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections
Full results for New Jersey (pdf)
Full results for Virginia (pdf)
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Huffington Post:
RICHMOND, Va. — Last year, 23-year-old Rashida Hill watched the presidential debates, visited the college political party meetings and put a Barack Obama bumper sticker on her townhouse door. She voted for Obama because she f (Read More)
FiveThirtyEight.com: Electoral Projections Done Right:
New Jersey and Virginia are similar states in many respects. Both are wealthy and suburban. Both live in the shadow of large cities -- New York, of course, in New Jersey's case, and Washington in Virginia's. Each has its " (Read More)
Think Progress:
Republican Bob McDonnell won a “landslide” victory over Democrat Creigh Deeds in yesterday’s gubernatorial election in Virginia, sweeping the state by a whopping 18 points. Exit polls showed Democrats had “trouble getting the (Read More)
The Guardian:
Obama administration shrugs off Republican wins after independent voters deserted Democratic partyOn the first anniversary of Barack Obama's presidential victory, Democratic leaders today began an inquest into their election (Read More)
Huffington Post:
As the Huffington Post has been reporting all morning, ABC sums up the New Jersey and Virginia exit polls this way:Vast economic discontent marked the mood of Tuesday's off-year voters, portending potential trouble for incumb (Read More)
NPR Topics: Politics:
Republican candidates won governorships in New Jersey and Virginia. Voters said the economy was the main reason they turned out and voted for the GOP candidates. Exit polls indicate that President Obama and his legislative ag (Read More)