Repubs shunned the Colbert Report - Young voters voted Dem over GOP 61%-39%. Any connection?

Question

Did the GOP pay the price for refusing to be interviewed on shows like "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report"? Did it make them come across as aloof and out of touch?

Answer 1

Or is it simply history repeating itself ...
the party controlling the White House nearly always loses House seats in midterm elections" — especially in the sixth year.
In Franklin D. Roosevelt's sixth year in 1938, Democrats lost 71 seats in the House and six in the Senate.
In Dwight Eisenhower's sixth year in 1958, Republicans lost 47 House seats, 13 in the Senate.
In John F. Kennedy/Lyndon Johnson's sixth year, Democrats lost 47 seats in the House and three in the Senate.
In Richard Nixon/Gerald Ford's sixth year in office in 1974, Republicans lost 43 House seats and three Senate seats.
Ronald Reagan, lost five House seats and eight Senate seats in his sixth year in office.
Clinton- Republicans picked up a total of 49 House seats and nine Senate seats in two midterm elections. When Clinton won the presidency in 1992, his party actually lost 10 seats in the House — only the second time in the 20th century that a party won the White House but lost seats in the House

Answer 2

When people start voting based on the appearence on a comedy central show, then you've got to get seriosuly worried about what the educational system is doing, and take a big look at it's failures.

Answer 3

I swear, that most of us just use the Colbert Report for entertainment purposes...this guys is just a little wacky.

Answer 4

Good grief I hope that most people didn't make their political choices based on comedy shows, but then again.....it wouldn't be a huge stretch, either.

Answer 5

So you are saying most people based their votes on comedy central appearences?

That explains so much.

Answer 6

i think it's great that some stiffs can go on shows like that,it shows they have a sense of humor.

Answer 7

I blame public education.