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Mixed Feelings and Uncertainty About Election Outcome
December 21, 2010Now that the election is over and the lame duck Congressional session is almost done, the time has come to look ahead to the next Congress and the work they will undertake. Overall, Americans have some mixed feelings about the election. Two in five (39%) say they think the outcome of the recent Congressional elections is a good thing and one-quarter (26%) say the outcome is a bad thing. But, underscoring the uncertainty, one-third of Americans (34%) are not sure if the election is a good or bad thing. These are some of the results of The Harris Poll of 2,331 adults surveyed online between December 6 and 13, 2010 by Harris Interactive. There is an obvious partisan difference as to whether the election outcome was a good or bad thing. Almost half of Democrats (48%) say it was a bad thing while seven in ten Republicans (70%) say it was a good thing. While two in five Independents (40%) say it is a good thing, one-third (35%) say they are not sure. Full release
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