1994 United States House of Representatives elections
[1] The Republicans argued that Clinton had abandoned the centrist New Democrat platform he campaigned on during the 1992 presidential election and reverted to big government solutions.Dick Cheney had served as the Minority Whip and Michel supported having Edward Rell Madigan replace him, but the position was instead given to Gingrich, who would later be selected to become speaker.The new House leadership, under the Republicans, promised to bring a dozen legislative proposals to a vote in the first 100 days of the session, although the U.S. Senate did not always follow suit.The national exit poll by Mitofsky International showed 27% of all voters identified themselves as a born-again or evangelical Christians, up from 18% in 1988 and 24% in 1992.[6] Party identification and ideology by selected religious groups 1994 Ross Perot's organization United We Stand America issued a report card for each member of Congress.[7] Source: Election Statistics - Office of the Clerk Thirty-four incumbent Democrats (including 16 "freshmen") were defeated in 1994.