VoteCast: Voters say nation headed wrong way
A majority of voters casting midterm election ballots nationally said the country is headed in the wrong direction, according to a wide-ranging survey of the American electorate.
As voters cast ballots for governor, U.S. Senate and members of Congress in Tuesday's elections, AP VoteCast found that 41 percent of voters said the country is on the right track, compared with 58 percent who said the country is headed in the wrong direction.
Here's a snapshot of who voted and why, based on preliminary results from AP VoteCast, an innovative nationwide survey of 113,677 voters and 21,559 nonvoters _ conducted for The Associated Press by NORC at the University of Chicago.