# It's election ever. Why even have elections?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 2, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-election-ever-why-even-have-elections/559165 "2010-11-02T03:04:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-election-ever-why-even-have-elections/559165/21 "2010-11-02T23:13:57Z")

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> [@Kyla](#):
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> Wait, really? Admittedly I was living in a village in the middle of nowhere in Eastern Europe at the time, but I did have a subscription to the Economist (it arrived four days after publication, like clockwork - not too bad!) and they, at least, were certain that the Republicans were going to lose big in that election, which is exactly what happened.

\*\*John Mace \*\*has it right: polls showed that Republicans were going to lose big, but nobody thought they were going to do so badly that the Democrats were going to take control of the Senate. That, as \*\*ITR champion \*\*said, was a big surprise.

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