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On Tuesday, November 7 , 2006 , voters in the United States will elect members of the 110th United States Congress , including all 440 members of the United States House Of Representatives (435 voting members and 5 non-voting delegates), and one-third of the United States Senate ("Class 1" senators: 33 out of 100 senators). Main election articles are at: ISSUES Issues in this election will be the War In Iraq , Terrorism and the hunt for Osama Bin Laden , foreign relations with Iran as well as the entire Middle East , Illegal Immigration , and a slew of scandals plaguing the dominant Republican Party - including the resignation of Tom DeLay , the Jack Abramoff scandal, the Valerie Plame CIA leak scandal, and Ethics in general. As of early April 2006, support for the War in Iraq and for President George W. Bush 's Foreign Policy and Domestic Policy has been steadily dwindling, even among key supporters. Some believe that Iraq is in a state of sectarian Civil War . Social Security reform, congressional spending, and the President's wiretap scandal are other issues that have many social Libertarian s, fiscal Conservative s, and senior citizen AARP members concerned. Some reporters have said that some in the Republican Party have become mutinous, distancing themselves from the President in fear that anti-Bush voters will vote them out of office. Factors favoring the Democrats are public discontent with the President and low approval of Congress , calls for U.S. soldiers to be withdrawn from Iraq , and the usual plus that 2006 is a mid-term election in the President's second term. Factors favoring the Republicans are the Religious Right 's use of Homosexual s and of the Abortion issue, although one could speculate that South Dakota 's recent abortion ban might backfire against the Republicans as more Pro-choice voters come out to vote out Republican incumbents. Other libertarian issues that might matter in the 2006 elections are the separation of church and state, the Terri Schiavo right-to-life debate, allegations of illegal wiretapping against the President, allegations of abusing U.S. detainees, limits on civil liberties to fight terrorism in the controversial USA PATRIOT Act , Stem-cell Research , and attacks on the judiciary made by Republican congressional leaders. Hurricane Katrina , still very fresh in the minds of Louisiana voters, as well as many African-Americans , who traditionally vote Democratic , especially in the South, will also play a huge part in the elections. SEE ALSO |
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