Dissatisfaction And Turnout Drove Republican Win

By JENNIFER AGIESTA and EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press: Politics
Wed, 11/05/2014 - 4:51pm

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A sharp drop in turnout, a wave of voter unhappiness with both parties and a geographically favorable slate of Senate races combined to give the GOP the advantage it needed to pull off an unexpectedly strong victory Tuesday night, according to exit polls conducted for the Associated Press and television networks....

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