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LIBERALS

MODERATES

CONSERVATIVES

CONSERVATIVES 13%

LIBERALS

32%

MODERATES

55%

SEN. WEBB | D-VA

SEN. KOHL | D-WI

GEORGE ALLEN | R-VA

ROBERT LORGE | R-WI

SEN. CONRAD | D-ND

SEN. BINGAMAN | D-NM

JACK CARTER | D-NV

SEN. TESTER | D-MT

SEN. MCCASKILL | D-MO

SEN. KENNEDY | D-MA

SEN. AKAKA | D-HI

DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES

LIBERALS 7%

MODERATES

37%

CONSERVATIVES

DWIGHT GROTBERG | R-ND

ALLEN MCCULLOCH | R-NM

SEN. ENSIGN | R-NV

56%

CONRAD BURNS | R-MT

JIM TALENT | R-MO

KEN CHASE | R-MA

CYNTHIA THIELEN | R-HI

REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

= WINNER

Both parties often talk about mobilizing their “base.” But when it comes to winning Senate races, Democrats must recognize that the base of their vote is actually moderates, not liberals. In every Senate battleground in 2006, more moderates than liberals voted for the Democratic candidate. And in each, moderate voters made up at least 50% of the Democratic Senate vote— dwarfing the number of liberal voters in every single race.

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