The exist polls always show the dems winning, too, in every election.
The real reason the Dems won was the faux Conservatives like Webb they put up and the fact that the Republicans went to their country club leanings and didn't really fight back.
That ignores that fact that the real conservatives, such as Oberweis, in my IL, couldn't even win the primary. If the real conservatives could win the primaries by being smart, and honest and in touch with reality, then we would not have to worry about faux conservatives in November.
Oh BINGO for one of the two major reasons. The other was the one issue voters who stayed home.
Yeah, that pretty much sums it. The Dems fooled everyone, and the GOP didn't call them on it, nor did they promote themselves or defend their positions.
That and letting the media point out every little GOP manufactured scandal while giving Dems a pass.
Let's face it. The real reason the Republicans lost was because they ceased to act -- or even speak -- conservatively. They were abandoned by their base...with good reason.
They had lost their way...and their supporters sensed it. Some voted Democrat (for the faus conservatives you mentioned, some stayed home...and the rest is history.
The Democrats didn't win this election, the Republicans lost it. And, in order to win again, they will have to regain their conseervative principles and their convictions -- and find new leadership, another Newt.