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Bob Bernick: Exit polls yield some very interesting information

Independent Vote | 8:25 a.m. Nov. 21, 2008

The Independent voters determine the winner in Utah elections! Matheson and Corroon got 77% of the Independent votes!

Obama's 48% of the Independent votes show that Republicans don't have the strong hold on Independent voters they did in the past.

Powerful Unaffiliated | 8:27 a.m. Nov. 21, 2008

There are more unaffiliated/Independent voters is some areas than there are voters registered for either party.

Note to both parties: Reaching the unaffiliated vote is key to winning, i.e. see Matheson and Corroon races!

Joe Moe | 8:29 a.m. Nov. 21, 2008

Oh, come on Bob! "Conclusion: Utahns, both Republicans, Democrats and Mormons alike, are less dogmatic, less committed to a party's ideals, than they are to what an individual candidate is saying."

If you would just read the posts here you would know that Utahns are just sheeple and lemmings that can't think for themselves. Lest we forget that fact, someone reminds us just about every day.

Get rid of your data, it's worthless.

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Dave | 8:42 a.m. Nov. 21, 2008

I found it telling that exit polls showed that 68% or voters thought that the republicans are currently in charge of congress. A lot of clueless voters.

Not so fast | 11:25 a.m. Nov. 21, 2008

Dems may be happy about their gains, but they were all on SL Valley's east side. With explosive growth out west in the past decade, redistricting--with or without gerrymandering--will diminish the influence of the valley's east side. Dems should enjoy their county dominance while it lasts.

Karl | 11:45 a.m. Nov. 21, 2008

@Dave.

Perhaps there was confusion about whether the question referred to the national congress or the state congress?

If not, that is indeed very sad.

Micah | 1:05 p.m. Nov. 21, 2008

Joe Moe,

Lemmings simply follow the crowd - even if it means over a cliff. Sheep, too, follow the crowd as the flock are herded around. You seem to be following the reactionaries in this state - claiming that Republicans and/or LDS Christians don't think for themselves. You take it a step further, though, in making such claims in the face of hard data that proves your point incorrect.

Perhaps you are too busy following the crowd of liberals who don't have an answer to the conservative principles taught in the LDS Church and attempt to attack LDS Christians and Republicans personally.

I think you may be guilty of that which you attempt to thrust on your political opponents.

Joe Moe | 1:15 p.m. Nov. 21, 2008

@Micah 1:05.

Well said.

Honesty | 4:02 p.m. Nov. 21, 2008

Having talk to others,

What this election and the polls showed was that few people really knew anything about Obama. (Obama should give the media a big thank you.)

And that political sound bites from advertising really do work in lieu of getting real information.

HOw is change inrepublican leadership a gain for democrats? It is STILL republican controlled.

And leadership will always change when public percieves rightly or WRONGLY things are/were getting too rancorous.

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