Republicans capture the white vote in congressional elections, and more

last updated 8 January 2015

Republicans capture the white vote in congressional elections

In the congressional elections, 60 percent of white voters cast their ballots for Republicans, and just 37 percent voted for Democrats. That was the largest percentage of the white vote attained by the Republicans in recent decades, including 1994’s “Republican Revolution.’’

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Numerous candidates running for the House and Senate this year had to contend with old photos, circulated via Facebook or the Internet, that captured them in such embarrassing situations as: posing shirtless next to a skimpily clad woman; simulating sex acts with a toy; tipsy and dressed as a ladybug; wearing yellow-duck pajamas and standing next to a woman in black lingerie; and dressed as a Nazi. “Culturally, we’re going to get used to this,’’ said James Lull, an author of several books on media and culture.

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