NBC Channels Obama and Points to Low Turnout for GOP 'Wave' in 2014 Midterms

Curtis Houck | November 11, 2014
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On Tuesday, NBC Nightly News channeled President Barack Obama from the day after the midterm elections and pointed to the low voter turnout for the election that saw Republicans gain control of the United States Senate as well as make additional gains in the House of Representatives.

In a news brief, anchor Brian Williams highlighted the latest turnout estimate for “last week’s wave election for the GOP” as being “very bad” at “36.3 percent.” Williams noted that it would be the lowest in both “the modern era” and “since 1942, when a unified and occupied nation” was engaged in World War II when only 33.9 percent came out to vote.

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