For months to come, pollsters, political analysts and other students of electoral politics will be analyzing the midterm election exit polls, seeking a better understanding of what was clearly a very unusual election. While actual election results tell us where votes come from, down to the county and precinct level, they do not tell us what kinds of voters cast their ballots for which side.
One of the most interesting findings in this year's exit polls was that higher income Americans turned out in much higher proportions than they did four years ago, yet Democrats did better in this election than they did in 1994, both overall and among those high income voters. Voters with household incomes between $75,000 and $100,000 made up 9 percent of the 1994 electorate, increased their share to 12 percent, a 33 percent jump, with Democrats increasing their support in that group from 40 percent in 1994 to 47 percent in 1998. The share of voters with household incomes over $100,000 went from seven to 12 percent of the electorate, a 71 percent jump, with
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