National: It's November 8 - do you know where the independents are?

NOTE: In the bi-partisan world of the major media, the Dems won and that was because of independent voters around the country breaking and making elections. While the pundits continue to analyze this midterm election, some independents will be planning the next moves to change the political culture in our country so that the voices of ordinary people can be heard. November 8 is just the beginning -- stay tuned! -NH

Democrats Take House Washington Post:
...A national exit poll of voters in House races, conducted by Edison/Mitofsky for the National Election Pool, showed Democrats carrying independent voters, who emerged this fall as a critically important constituency in the midterm elections, by a wide margin. Meanwhile, about 90 percent of Republicans and Democrats were supporting candidates from their own parties, but independents were siding decisively with Democrats.....

Why The Democrats Won Bush, Iraq War And Congressional Corruption Badly Hurt The GOP, By CBS News Political Consultant David R. Jones:

Fast Fact: Forty-one percent of voters said that corruption and scandals in government were extremely important in their House vote, with an additional 33 percent saying these were very important. (CBS)

...Perhaps the biggest effect of the national tide this year could be seen among independent voters. Independent voters were even more pessimistic about the Republicans’ handing of the legislative and executive branches than the average voter was. Only 33 percent of independents approved of Mr. Bush’s job performance, and only 28 percent approved of Congress’ job performance. The result of this pessimism was that independents made a key difference in determining control of the House this year. While in 2002 Independents were almost evenly split between Republicans (48%) and Democrats (45%), this year Independents favored Democrats by a whopping 18 points, 57% to 39%, easily providing the margin of victory across multiple contests. ...