Thursday, November 8, 2012

What do voters think? A peek beyond the ballot : Stltoday--exit polls

What do voters think? A peek beyond the ballot : Stltoday

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THE RICH ARE DIFFERENT

The 99 percenters who camped out on Wall Street aren't alone in worrying about income inequality. A full 55 percent of voters say the U.S. economic system generally favors the wealthy. Only 39 percent think the system is fair to most Americans.

So perhaps it's unsurprising that nearly half want to increase taxes on people with family incomes over $250,000 per year, as Obama proposes.

Only 4 percent of voters say their incomes are that high.
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LUKEWARM TEA

Voters are more against the tea party than for it. But few are worked up about the low-tax, small-government movement that helped Republicans take control of the House in 2010 and hang onto it Tuesday. The biggest share _ 42 percent _ feel neutral about it.

Thirty percent oppose the movement; 21 percent are supporters.
 

Mo. voter turnout at 65.7 percent, less than 2008 : Stltoday

Mo. voter turnout at 65.7 percent, less than 2008 : Stltoday

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Missourians favored Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney over President Barack Obama. But Democrats prevailed in the other top-of-the-ticket races: Incumbent Gov. Jay Nixon beat GOP businessman Dave Spence, and incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill soundly defeated Republican challenger Todd Akin in a race that drew national scrutiny after Akin's comments about "legitimate rape" in September.

Meanwhile, voters narrowly defeated a measure to raise taxes on tobacco products.

Still, Day sensed this year's election didn't have quite the same appeal as four years ago.
"I don't think the enthusiasm was there like it was in 2008," she said. "You never know how the folks are feeling or what they're hot-button issues are."