… The exit polls show a midterm electorate that skews more conservative than the one that reelected Obama two years ago. But it still shows solid majorities among those voters for some traditionally liberal policy stances. Fifty-seven percent of voters said illegal immigrants working in the United States should be offered a chance to apply for legal status. Equal numbers said climate change is a serious problem.
Perhaps most strikingly, nearly two-thirds of voters said the economic system favors the wealthy, including one-third of voters who chose Republicans. CONT.
Jim Tankersley & Peyton M. Craighill, Washington Post