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Older voters came out… younger ones didn’t. \u00a0The underlying fundamentals were pretty much the same<\/a> as they were in 2008<\/a> Whites turned out at slightly greater number (78% this time compared to 74% in 2008) and they did vote Republican in greater numbers (55% in 2008 compared to 60% last night), but all racial and ethnic groups voted for Republicans in slightly greater numbers. \u00a0White women in particular shifted to the GOP in greater numbers. \u00a0They went 58%-40% for Republicans this year, compared to 53%-46% in 2008.<\/p>\n Be comforted Dems, the President and the Congress used their political capital and achieved significant legislation<\/a> in the first two years. \u00a0They knew they would never be as popular as they were in January of 2008 and they moved a progressive agenda forward in the face of a horrible political context. \u00a0 Regardless of what the Dems did, they were going to lost their majority. \u00a0They have a significant body of work to show for it. \u00a0If they could have gotten one more Senator in 2008, you could have seen an even bigger progressive legislative Renaissance.<\/p>\n