Focus Washington Talks With 'Clarus Research Group' President Ron Faucheaux About Tea Parties and Primary Elections

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Voters all across the country are not only voting against the status quo, but are not supporting moderates in either the Republican or Democratic parties, pollster Dr. Ron Faucheux, president of the Clarus Rearch Group, said yesterday.

In a video interview with Chuck Conconi on Focus Washington, Faucheux analyzed the September 14th primary elections and said that he had recently joked to a Republican friend, "Welcome to the two party system: Democrats and Tea Partiers."

The Tea Party movement, he explained, has created tensions in the Republican Party, especially with a weak candidate like Christine O'Donnell winning the Republican Party's nomination to run for the seat vacated by Joe Biden in Delaware. This Republican victory could actually cost the Republicans the chance of winning control of the Senate. "The irony is that if they lose the Senate it would be because of the Tea Party," he added.

There is little or no room for moderates in either party, said Faucheux, he added it has been obvious in the outcome of previous primary election surprises in Alaska, Arkansas and Florida.

Faucheux said his polling also correctly predicted the District of Columbia mayoral race, in which it projected the youthful, charismatic, first term Mayor Adrian Fenty would fall before the challenge of City Council chairman Vincent Gray, an older, less dynamic candidate. He said some 10 months earlier, Clarus polling showed Fenty was in trouble and that increased to his being behind by 7 points the week before the election, the number close to his losing number.

"In one of the most fascinating elections we've seen in a long time," Faucheux said, Fenty lost because he was perceived to be arrogant and had turned his back on the black neighborhoods. His attitude and personality beat him."

SOURCE Focus Washington

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