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  Scandals don't deliver elections
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Last EditedSC Moose  Mar 01, 2006 11:02am
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News DateWednesday, March 1, 2006 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionFor months now, the Democrats have been giving voice to the charge that the Republicans in Washington preside over a "culture of corruption."
The phrase was popularized by House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi in her attacks on the Bush administration for its halting response to Hurricane Katrina. The cry has been taken up by other Democrats who see the scandal involving lobbyist Jack Abramoff as the key to regaining the majority in the House and making headway in the Senate in the 2006 elections.

But when political scandals of the past are examined, it turns out that few of them have, by themselves, made much difference in the ensuing election. And it turns out that Watergate, the one modern scandal that really did have monumental electoral consequences, is something of a quirk. In those few other instances in which the party in power did suffer, other factors better explain its loss.
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