The Senior Citizen Sweep
Exit polls showed Obama's unpopularity created a drag on the Democrats in Senate races.
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The Barack Obama coalition stayed home.
The demographic mix of young, minority and women voters that twice helped elect Obama to the White House never was going to be as robust in a midterm election Yet the fall-off from the level of support the president enjoyed just two years ago was a major factor in the Democratic loss of the Senate.