Is Jon Stewart single-handedly responsible for the Democrats' success in the midterm elections? Townhall columnist Rusty Shackleford thinks so and compares Stewart's role in this election to Rush Limbaugh's in the 1994 Republican takeover of Congress.

Shackleford thinks it has to do with Jon Stewart's target audience:

In the 2004 election nearly as many young people cited The Daily Show as a source of news as any other source. And Jon Stewart's Daily Show audience has only grown since then.

On the college campus where I teach, Jon Stewart's is the first and last word on all things political. His is the only name that all recognize. It’s more than that: his views are the only views considered socially acceptable. When Jon Stewart believes something, students believe it. He who Jon Stewart hates, students hate.

He has a point, considering voter turnout among young people was up this year. At least 10 million "young people" between 18 and 29 voted. Nationwide, in House races, 61% of young people voted for Democratic candidates -- the highest proportion for any age group.

This could be because Jon Stewart told them to vote Democrat, as Shackleford implies. Or it could be because they were simply as fed up with Republican leadership as the rest of the country.