Sunday, November 11, 2012

The Disappointment of Living in an Electoral Republic

Tuesday's returns seem inexplicable.
(a) Logic Took a Powder
Jeff Dobbs, a regular at Just One Minute, did some work and shows why the election results this week seem inexplicable and unpredictable:
Fun with Exit Polls...
19% of voters who described their view as "abortion should be illegal in all cases" voted for Obama.
13% who described themselves as supporting the Tea Party voted for Obama.
15% of people who think Obamacare should be repealed voted for Obama.
24% who identified with the statement "government is doing too much" voted for Obama
13% who describe the country as on the "wrong track" voted for Obama.
37% of voters who say taxes should not be raised to help cut the deficit voted for Obama
57% of voters trust Obama to handle an international crisis
15% of voters said Obama's response to Sandy was the most important factor in their vote (and 73% of those went for Obama).
64% of all voters said Obama's response to Sandy played a factor in their vote (and 62% of those went for Obama)
This compendium of voter illogic is not complete without acknowledging, as Breitbart has, that voters expressed great concern over federal government corruption and, yet in the face of all the scandals including the trillions wasted in the Stimulus and failed and failing green energy programs, they believed the Republicans less capable of rooting it out.

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