Does the Win in Both Houses diminish the blatant discrepancies in the vote tallying?
822186
I agree completely. Diebold still controls the vote, and they have for at least 6 years, maybe longer. The big dogs wanted the Dem's to win this time. Why?, ...... I don't know.  I'm beginning to think the 2 party system is a big scam to keep us all divided. But I guess it works. These people in here are at each others throats, all the time. So, I guess they win. You don't here about voter fraud lately.
891959
If voter sampling across the country is any indication people were not voting for Democrats, they were voting against Republicans. I am an Independent, but I voted for Republicans at the national level. I did this because I have not seen any positive message for change from the Democrats, but rather just indictments of Republicans being bad. No matter what the reason, Democrats now control the House, but don't count on change. While the Democrats can now make the president a lame duck, they cannot pass sweeping change for the next 2 years. What we can expect going forward is that the president will use his veto power.
819799
Well, now that the Democrats are doing fairly well, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the machines anymore.  What a coincidence!!  Just wait though, if they lose, they will have to blame it on something or somebody else though.  Its how they roll.
911255
Careful with your prediction! Many of the gains made by the Dems were from Conservative Dems such as Joe Lieberman. Even if the VA seat falls to a Dem, Joe is likely to rally other conservative Dems in support of the war against terrorism. I think this may be a much needed booster for the war... the vote indicates that we want change but by clinging to the conservative values albeit Dems, we're saying that change should not be a full scale retreat that hands over the victory to terrorists.
841248
Sure, it is fine...\nOnly the Democrats cry foul & recount when they lose...
874967
I think so. But if the GOP had squeaked out a victory all we would hear is the liberals talking about voter fraud.
790161
The BCS formula isn't that consistent.  The "VOTES" are part of the formula.
117101
yes admiting it does not make differnce
779697
I think Democrats are starting to get over the euphoria of their win and are realizing what actually happened. Voter samples show that voters were not really voting for the Democrats, but rather against the Republicans. What the voters have done is actually create a stalemate situation. This because while Democrats control the congress, the president controls veto power and the Democrats do not have the majority required to override. So while Democrats have indeed made the president a lame duck, they have also imposed the same on the congress. It does not have to be this way though. If Democrats reach across the aisle to craft bi-partisan legislation which benefits all Americans they can still accomplish many things. However, if they fall back on the liberal agenda nothing of substance will get done in government for the next 2 years. The biggest problem for Democrats is now they have the power and they must produce. Just calling the other side evil is not going to do it anymore. The Democrats say they wanted change for all Americans, the coming days, weeks, and months will show if they were honest, or if they just wanted power again and were willing to say whatever it took to get elected.
845359
No effect.  Saddam is old news, and everyone expected the verdict.  Certainly timed to influence the election, but the overall public dissatissfaction with the current administration combined with the recent corruption scandals have made up the minds of most relatively intelligent voters--throw the rascals out.  I actually expect to see some "safe" democrats tossed or have close races, because everyone I know is either voting for the democratic candidate, or against the incumbent.  Incidently, everyone I have heard from on who they are going to vote are republicans and usually vote their party, but they are very unhappy with the powers in charge.
900722
Could be, some of the toss-up states (e.g. VA) are within a thousand votes.  Close enough to count the absentee ballots.
887411
That is what the media driven polls would have you believe.  However, independent polls have the house still a toss up, leaning Democrat by 2 or 3 seats, and the Senate a toss up but leaning GOP by 2 seats.
830347
Oddly enough this is NOT an easy thing to find.  I found it at only a few sites.  Eash contradicting the others.  Once I found an unbiased source, it breaks down like this..... \n\nRep-31%\nDem-29%\nIndependent  40%\n\nAs Voted on Nov 7th\n\nDemocrat 53%\nRepublican 44%\nInd 3%
702504
Just an observation, over a couple of decades. Exit polling seems to skew to the left, partly because democrats seem to want to answer questions about their vote, more than do republicans. As for pre-election polling, the keys there are "sample" and "style" of the question. Both can have a remarkable influence on the results. More generically, I believe pre-election polling skews democrat, because more democrats identify themselves as "independent", and thus, when that portion of the sample is counted, it generally skews the result to the left. You'll note (realclearpolitics.com) that the polls tend to drift back to the middle, as the election nears.
888717
DEPENDS ON THE QUALITY OF THE VOTING MACHINES.\nGOD BLESS
712342
Unoffically its a tie 49 each. The two independents usually vote Democrat, and they caucus with the Democratic party. That's why the media lists them as Democrats.\n\nIn the two remaining disputed seats, the Democrats are ahead by a couple of thousand votes each.
926640
Take into consideration there are still a lot of votes out there...but here's my take on it.\n\nThe majority of controversy, as well as disapproval, has taken place with the senate.  House representatives tend to be more in-touch with constituents because they're almost constantly working for re-election (since their terms are only 2 years, as opposed to the Senate 6-year term).  Approval ratings for reps are substantially higher, and they are well-known locally. Again, though, anything can happen tonight, there's still a lot undecided.