Anti-incumbent mood seems to be the order of the day, though it is rather too early to know what's going to happen in November. Both parties, and definitely Congress, have very poor favorable/unfavorable ratings right now.
People who voted for Democrats in the last election want to see the majority used to do *something*. Thus far that hasn't happened very much. People who didn't vote for Democrats last election don't have any good reason to reward them for their behavior thus far. It's a partisan atmosphere. People who are hard core Democrats or Republicans will be out to push their representatives in one direction or another. A lot of independents and less-political voters will be apathetic and not turn out or else vote against whoever is in office because they are sick of it. 2010 is a non-Presidential year which has lower turnout, traditionally, anyway. Add in a lot of unfavorable ratings for both political parties and I think you'll see a substantially lower turnout overall. Which means that the people who are going to win are the ones who are successful at motivating their base and getting them to the polls. Judah On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:31 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ...if voters feel the money was wasted, those currently in office >> (everyone, not just one side of the aisle or the other) should be >> concerned in the upcoming elections. >> >> http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/25/poll.stimulus.money/index.html > > Traditionally - false. > > That said, the recent elections seem to indicate that more (or perhaps > a different subset) of the population is paying attention to issues > and acting/reacting based on their beliefs. If that's the case then > we may very well see a round of anti-incumbent elections in 2010 and > 2012. > > Hatton > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311114 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
