A third of white evangelicals voted Democratic

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Analysis: War Weary Voters Demand Change
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 7, 2006
Filed at 11:13 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Weary of war and angry at the president who started it, Americans vented their frustration at Washington's power structure Tuesday. It was a clear call for change aimed at President Bush and a Republican Congress that has marched in step behind the commander in chief....

All around, it was a bad night for the president and his political mastermind, Karl Rove, who shaped an aggressive political strategy that won Bush the governor's office in Texas and then the White House.

Almost a third of white evangelicals, a key part of the GOP base, voted Democratic. Middle class voters who defected to the Republican side a dozen years ago came back into the Democratic fold Tuesday. Republicans had won their votes in 2002 and 2004.

Democrats also got almost three fourths of the Hispanic vote despite an intense Republican effort to win their support...

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