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WASHINGTON, DC—After months of aggressive campaigning and with nearly 99 percent of ballots counted, politicians were the big winners in Tuesday's midterm election, taking all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, retaining a majority with 100 out of 100 seats in the Senate, and pushing political candidates to victory in each of the 36 gubernatorial races up for grabs.
While analysts had been predicting a possible sweep for months, and early exit-poll numbers seemed favorable, politicians reportedly exceeded even their own expectations, gaining an impressive 100 percent of the overall national vote.
"It's a good night to be a politician," said Todd Akin, an officeholder from Missouri. "The American people have spoken, and they have unanimously declared: 'We want elected officials to lead this nation.'"
Already confident they would have an easy time in the Midwest, a region long known for electing politicians, as well as with poll-going Americans in the deep South, politicians also picked up seats in each additional area of the country.
"We expected politicians to take Washington, Indiana, Oregon, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia, North Dakota, Mississippi, Montana, Vermont, Maine, Kentucky, California, Iowa, Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Alabama, Virginia, Delaware, Wisconsin, and Arkansas," said Georgetown University political science professor Barbara Steward. "But the fact that voters in the urban areas of Rhode Island and the farmlands of West Virginia, along with every other state, all put politicians into office is quite extraordinary."
"Even in the most hotly contested local races that went down to the wire, politicians still came out on top every time," she added.
This year's results are the most unanimous since the last election two years ago, in which politicians enjoyed widespread victories unrivaled since the election before that, and the one in 2000.
Politicians managed to appeal to all economic and ethnic backgrounds, genders, and age groups, enjoying equal success among both liberal voters and conservatives.
Issues advanced by politicians dominated not only the Senate and House races, but also all state, district council, county, and town-board elections.
"It looks like politicians are poised to dominate the political discourse of the country for years to come," said analyst Maria Lawson of the Free Enterprise Institute, who as long ago as December of 2004 had picked congressmen to once again take over the House of Representatives. "This should allow them to pursue their own political agendas almost unimpeded, sign even more bills into law, and appoint fellow politicians to committee chairmanships, special interest commissions, and other posts of power."
Added Lawson: "While it's still too early to tell, after the success of this election, it might not be too long before we see another politician in the White House."
Despite fears that the dozens of campaign-finance violations, soft-money misappropriations, infidelity charges, hidden drunk-driving records, and protracted congressional cover-ups leaked just days before the election would hurt their chances, politicians were still elected over non-politicians in every single race.
"The fact that not a single non-politician even ran for office is just further proof that the American people tend to vote for politicians during times of war," Steward said. "Past data also suggests that the American people tend to vote for politicians during times of peace, as well as, generally speaking, every two years."
Some voters, however, such as Arkansas native Patrick Bunter, who first voted for a politician—Harry Truman—in 1948, are calling this latest victory "politics as usual."
"Over the years, I grew disappointed with the job the politicians were doing, yet I kept on voting for them out of loyalty," Bunter said. "This time around, I swore I'd go with someone else, but frankly, looking at the ballot, I didn't see any other choice."
Maybe someday we'll have someone that actually represents us....
Hard on your conscience maybe, knowing that you are voting to destroy the country a little bit more, and that the only consolation you have is that you're not destroying the country faster by choosing the greater evil...
Boy did the republicans mess up!! It was depressing so see the senate and house taken... isnt it funny though that there was no whining by the right? If it was another close call the dems would be pitching an absolute fit!! I am glad I am not a resident in USA... who knows what will happen now!!! GOOD LUCK!!!
Boy did the republicans mess up!! It was depressing so see the senate and house taken... isnt it funny though that there was no whining by the right? If it was another close call the dems would be pitching an absolute fit!! I am glad I am not a resident in USA... who knows what will happen now!!! GOOD LUCK!!!
I thought it would've been depressing had the Republicans retained control. This country needs a change and we weren't going to get it by giving Bush all the legislation he wants with no oversight.
I voted all Democrat for the first time in my life and I've been voting since 1992.
The country needs a change, yes... but the dems aren't going to be the ones changing anything. The GOP has beeen acting like the Dems for the past 6 years or more, and I fear that the Dems will just be more radical....
I personally think its more f-ed up that people hate other people just because of their political beliefs. I'm a democrat but I don't hate republicans. I listen to their views and some of them I believe in since I am in the military. I have had people come up to me while I was in uniform telling me I am supporting something bad. I was like you are an asshole for judging someone that you don't even know. Most democrats that I know support our troops and sailors but they don't support what they are doing. Its not the people in the militaries fault that we are fighting its our job, we are ordered to do so. So then they say why did you join if you don't like support Bush and blah blah blah. Its because I did this to help my self and its just icing on the cake that I get to serve my country as those did in the Revolution, War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Spanish-American War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, and both Gulf Wars.
But then I get it from Republicans judging people. Like thinking I'm some pussy or something. I bring up that I'm in the military then they think me and back down. But when I don't bring it up or before I was in the military. I had a lady spit in my face because I had on a Kerry for president shirt on walking throuh the mall. There was a church in Ft. Worth, Texas that took a poll from their congregation of who is Democrat or Republican. Then next week the preacher got up in front of everyone read off the people that were democrats or voting for Kerry and kicked them out of the church. He was fired but neither the Church nor the Preacher have apologized for the incident.
My point I believe that when people get on here blasting each others beliefs it is a bunch of bullshit.
I personally think its more f-ed up that people hate other people just because of their political beliefs. I'm a democrat but I don't hate republicans. I listen to their views and some of them I believe in since I am in the military. I have had people come up to me while I was in uniform telling me I am supporting something bad. I was like you are an asshole for judging someone that you don't even know. Most democrats that I know support our troops and sailors but they don't support what they are doing. Its not the people in the militaries fault that we are fighting its our job, we are ordered to do so. So then they say why did you join if you don't like support Bush and blah blah blah. Its because I did this to help my self and its just icing on the cake that I get to serve my country as those did in the Revolution, War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Spanish-American War, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, and both Gulf Wars.
But then I get it from Republicans judging people. Like thinking I'm some pussy or something. I bring up that I'm in the military then they think me and back down. But when I don't bring it up or before I was in the military. I had a lady spit in my face because I had on a Kerry for president shirt on walking throuh the mall. There was a church in Ft. Worth, Texas that took a poll from their congregation of who is Democrat or Republican. Then next week the preacher got up in front of everyone read off the people that were democrats or voting for Kerry and kicked them out of the church. He was fired but neither the Church nor the Preacher have apologized for the incident.
My point I believe that when people get on here blasting each others beliefs it is a bunch of bullshit.
such a long post full of hope that someone will listen and reply.....yet no one did...
