2006 Voter Demographics Expected to Make the Change in 2010

It's interesting. After six years of growing government, out of control spending, and character issues, voters kicked the Republicans out of power in Congress. Mark Foley marked the final straw that broke the camel's back. The year was 2006, and according to a new Gallup pole, that same voting demographic that voted for Democrats are running back to the Republicans.

PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup's latest figures on the composition of the 2010 electorate suggest that, consistent with an earlier Gallup report, those voting in this year's congressional elections across the country will be similar in gender, age, and education to 2006 voters. At the same time, they will be substantially more Republican in their party orientation, and more conservative than has been the case in the past several midterms.