In explainig the collapse of the Democratic House the right wing press has been quick to jump on anacdotal evidence that health care votes did in individual Democrats. That's true. Voting against health care reform was obviously very damaging for Democrats. Unfortunately the anecdotal cases usualy cited would lead one to think the opposite. The telling number - Over 64% of Democrats voting against the final pasage of the Health reform - those listed here: were defeated. Voting against health care reform made you 2.5 times more likely to lose than the entire population of Democrats. Those 13% of Democrats voting against health reform accounted for 1/3 of democratic losses. The individual blue dogs fate under the fold.
Voted against health reform
And Defeated in 2010 House race
Adler
Arcuri
Boucher
Bright
Childers
Davis
Bocierri
Kratovil
Sandlin
Marshall
Minnick
Mcmahon
Nye
Skeklton
Space
Taylor
Teague
Voted against health reforms and won House reelection
Altmire
Barrow
Boren
Holden
Kissell
Lapinsky
Lynch
Matheson
McIntyre
Peterson
Ross
Shuler
lost senate runs
Melancon
Berry