Well, no they actually weren't. However, there is more basis to claim that this election hinged on overseas wars and national security than there is for the numerous claims that it hinged on government spending and the national deficit. This is because a higher percentage of the country cites wars and national security as the top problem facing the country than cites government spending and the national deficit.
With only 13.2% of the country identifying the federal deficit and government spending as their top issue, compared to 15.0% for wars and national security, claiming that the 2009 elections are a mandate against expanding the government is preposterous.
Then again, many of the same people making that claim also don't believe in evolution, or that Obama was born in America. So, it isn't as though numbers like these will dissuade them from their delusions.
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