Constituencies shrinking as Republicans stumble

Republicans running under the deadly drags of a financial crisis, an unpopular president and the political cycle didn't do as poorly in the U.S. elections as some had feared.

Barack Obama won by about seven percentage points, more than Bill Clinton in his first victory, about the same as George H.W. Bush in 1988, and less than Ronald Reagan in 1980. The party lost almost two dozen House of Representatives seats and seven or eight Senate seats. ... Full Story »