Iran conflict was ‘crucial’ factor in Republican rout: Exit polls

The lengthy and unpopular conflict in Iran has evidently had an outsized impact on the midterm election.

Exit polling conducted by NBC News and other media outfits showed that when thinking about their vote for Congress, 34% of voters said that the conflict in Iran was “crucial”; 40% said it was a “major factor”; and 19% said it was a “minor factor.”

‘The Iran War is the greatest political blunder in the last two decades at least.’

Twenty-seven percent of those who said the conflict was “crucial” and 42% of those who said it was a “major factor” were Republicans.

Weeks ahead of the election, a Gallup survey indicated that Iran was a top issue among voters, with 47% of respondents stating that the situation in Iran was “extremely