So you think the 2010 midterms was an anti-incumbent year? Check this out... from Counterpunch.
"Out of 435 seats, 351 incumbents will be returning to the House in January. In the Senate, out of 100 seats, 77 incumbents will return in January. As the libertarian Joel Hirschorn puts it, "Welcome back to the reality of America's delusional democracy where career politicians will continue to foster a corrupt, inefficient and dysfunctional government because that is what the two-party plutocracy and its supporters want for their own selfish reasons."
In reality 100% of the winners were either Democrats or Republican. I guess the Tea party was sort of represented though they ran as republicans. Several of the non-incumbent wins simply gave the seat back to the person that was thrown out last time. We need a couple more parties and a none-of-the-above choice on the ballot.
tnb
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