The Top 5 Lessons of the November 2009 Election

The 2009 elections have come and gone.  New Jersey elected a Republican governor.  That is more of a surprise than the fact that Virginia now has a Republican governor (for the first time in 8 years) and less of a surprise than the Democrats winning House seats in New York and in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Mixed results you say?  If so, is there anything to be learned from these elections?  The answer is no, because we should have learned these lessons already.   In case they have been forgotten, however, here they are:

5.   Off year Elections Are Hard on the President’s Party.  The President’s party loses 20 seats, on average, in the House in the mid-term elections.  When President’s approval rating is below 50%, that number doubles.  So it can be of little surprise that voters dealt the Democrats losses this November.

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Tags: Bob McDonnell, Chris Christie, Contract with America, mid-term elections, off year elections
Posted Nov 5th 2009 at 9:13 am in Congress, Politics, State Politics | 2583852 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/tdelbeccaro/2009/11/05/the-top-5-lessons-of-the-november-2009-election/The+Top+5+Lessons+of+the+November+2009+Election2009-11-05+16%3A13%3A57Thomas+Del+Beccaro