Thread: Elderly, rich and White voters gave GOP big win

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Elderly, rich and White voters gave GOP big win

by Steven Thomma and William Douglas - Nov. 23, 2010 12:00 AM
McClatchy Newspapers.

WASHINGTON - The 2010 elections turned into a rout of the Democrats because the elderly and wealthy surged to the polls to help sweep the Republicans back into power, and the balance of women's votes shifted to the GOP as well, according to a new report.

The study released Monday by Project Vote, a nonpartisan, non-profit group, also found that turnout by pro-Democratic blocs such as African-Americans, young people and Latinos dropped sharply from 2008 levels, leaving a lopsided pro-Republican electorate to dominate the national landscape.

Most of these trends are normal in non-presidential elections because presidential campaigns galvanize broader turnout trends. In most ways, turnout in 2010 was similar to the last midterm election in 2006.

However, one striking development helped Democrats in a few races: Hispanic voting surged in several states, helping Democrats win hotly contested Senate races in California, Colorado and Nevada.

Perhaps the most significant point about voter turnout in 2010 is how many voters didn't go to the polls. About 38 percent of eligible voters didn't vote in 2008. This November, 33 percent of those who voted in 2008 stayed home, which means that "non-voters were the majority in 2010," the report said.

Compared with 2008, voting dropped off this year particularly among pro-Democratic groups:

- Young voters were down 55 percent.

- African-Americans were down 43 percent.

- Hispanics were down 40 percent.

Of those voters who did show up this year, four out of five were White; one in 10 was African-American; and one in 13 was Latino. The analysis is based primarily on exit-poll data and preliminary estimates from the U.S. Elections Project.

Senior citizens turned out in force: Their turnout was 16 percent higher than in the previous midterm election of 2006, and 59 percent of them voted Republican, up 10 percentage points from 2006. Although voters 65 and older are about 13 percent of the U.S. population, they made up 21 percent of this year's electorate.

Rich people voted heavily, too. Total ballots cast by people making $200,000 a year or more expanded by 68 percent over 2006, the study found. Those making $100,000 to $200,000 cast 11 percent more ballots than they did in 2006. The share of the vote declined for those making less than $50,000 annually.

"It is fair to say that 2010 was the year of older, rich people," the study said.

It's also fair to say that they tilted Republican more than the expanded electorate of the 2008 presidential campaign. For example, this year, fully 41 percent of voters said they supported the "tea party" movement.

Women voters' turnout surged significantly over 2006 as well - and the traditional gender gap vanished. In 2006, women voted Democratic by 55 percent to 43 percent for Republicans. This year, women voted 49 percent for Republicans and 48 percent for Democrats.

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Uh, I am middle age, definitely not rich and technically I am not white, but I did vote mostly Republican simply because I could not stand by and watch anymore of the crap Obozo meant to impose on us!

So as much as the LSM would like to say it was only "elderly, rich and white" people who voted them in they are wrong once again!

How exactly did Hispanic voters 'surge' yet have their turnout down by 40%. ?

Im confused by this.

W

Another Progressive in Denial and in much need of counseling.

How do they know who is rich ? That is not a question exit polls ask.

When Indies, more women ,31 % of Homosexual people,many blacks and Hispanics voted for Repubs this should give the Dems a real big clue .

"It is fair to say that 2010 was the year of older, rich people," the study said.

It would be interesting to know what they mean by rich. I would really say it was the year of the older and middleclass. The reasons should be obvious since this is the group most affected by the liberal elites control of our governnment, especially the older generation.

We worked hard, obeyed the rules and saved for our retirement. Our one fault was working so hard and not paying enough attention to politics.

We have watched as our savings have gone belly up. We had no choice but to pay into social security and medicare and watch as it has been handed over to those who never even contributed. Yet we that deserve it are shamed for taking it, being told by the elite that it is a ponzi scheme an entitlement program.

We that have always paid for our own health insurance are forced at 65 by our health plans to have medicare as our primary insurance. We have no choice, then we hear constantly how the older generation is putting a drain on medicare. We hear about the death panels.

We that paid off our mortages, have raised our children have no writes offs on our taxes. Pay high taxes on our income including social security.

The older generation is mad. Mad that we are getting the message that we are a liability a drain on society. Mad that everyone but the older generation is entitled to the American Dream.