Two parties out of touch with the mainstream...

From the Sacramento Bee:
Did election signal a shift from conservative era?
By Steven Thomma - Mcclatchy Washington Bureau
....In an Election Day survey, Democratic pollster Douglas Schoen found 53 percent of voters said the Republicans didn't share their values, and 47 percent said the Democrats didn't share theirs.
"There's a strong sense that the two parties are out of touch with the mainstream," Schoen said.
Thus the country enters the next two years with no dominant ideological or partisan consensus, unable or unwilling to coalesce into a solid majority behind either party......