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The Salience of the Democratic Congress and the 2010 Elections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2011

David R. Jones  and
Monika L. McDermott
David R. Jones
Affiliation:
Baruch College and The Graduate Center, CUNY
Monika L. McDermott
Affiliation:
Fordham University
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The results of the 2010 congressional elections were indeed historic. The loss of 63 seats by the Democrats was the biggest electoral loss by any party since 1948, making the more recent 1994 and 2006 turnovers pale by comparison. The question that political scientists naturally ask after an event of this magnitude is—why? This article addresses this question by analyzing the role played by the public's attitudes toward Congress.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 44 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 297 - 301
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2011

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