In an election year, Washington worries about how voters will react to higher taxes or more budget cuts.
"But in the short term, who knows how the voters will react to the weirdness of this campaign?"
There is no way to know how voters would react.
Nuclear waste became a major campaign theme in the race for the four electoral votes, but it was not clear how voters reacted.
All experts questioned said the real political test would be how voters react when, or if, many children fail such exams.
No one knows how the voters will react to the nasty turn in the campaign.
No one knows how voters react to being informed so often how they will vote.
The reality is that voters react from their instincts; they don't always think questions out deliberately.
Senators and aides on both sides of the issue think public opinion could make the difference if voters react fast.
However, there has been no comparable test to see how the state's voters would react to deep cuts in critical services.