Really, based on those numbers, I would say that the answer should be: it was both. 74% and 67% aren’t exactly hugely different numbers.
This is correct–of course the corruption number could also be an indication of voters displeasure with Congress not actually doing its job of executive branch oversight. None of the exit polls that I have seen ask a particular question about that, so this Congressional Corruption question can perhaps be thought of as a general proxy of dissatisfaction with the institution of Congress, rather than simply a concern with narrrowly defined understandings of “corruption.”
Comment by Ratoe — Friday, November 17, 2024 @ 1:07 pm
Really, based on those numbers, I would say that the answer should be: it was both. 74% and 67% aren’t exactly hugely different numbers.
This is correct–of course the corruption number could also be an indication of voters displeasure with Congress not actually doing its job of executive branch oversight. None of the exit polls that I have seen ask a particular question about that, so this Congressional Corruption question can perhaps be thought of as a general proxy of dissatisfaction with the institution of Congress, rather than simply a concern with narrrowly defined understandings of “corruption.”
Comment by Ratoe — Friday, November 17, 2024 @ 1:07 pm