Voters, Ballots...Action!

In both Red and Blue states, voters cast their lot with getting things done during this year's midterm election. The Brookings Institution provides a rundown of all the ballot box results.

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December 1, 2006, 7:00 AM PST

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera

"Americans voted for change.

At least that's the seeming consensus emerging after the midterm elections.

But in a broad, national way-and far wider than the tight margins reflected in the change in party control of the U.S. Congress -- America voted not for change for change's sake but for action.

In governors' races and in ballot questions coast to coast, voters cast their lot with getting things done -- no matter what party at the helm. Voters called for state action on a raft of issues, often in response to the utter absence of the federal government on these very same issues."

Thanks to Sarah Jolda

FULL STORY: Voters, Ballots... Action!

Thursday, November 16, 2006 in The Brookings Institution

Government / Politics United States

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