Number of Democrats drops to 7 year low @ 35.5

[Danno 1,228]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_con...partisan_trends

Partisan Trends

Number of Democrats Falls to New Low, Down Six Points Since Election 2008

Sunday, January 03, 2010

In December, the number of Americans identifying themselves as Democrats fell to the lowest level recorded in more than seven years of monthly tracking by Rasmussen Reports.

Currently, 35.5% of American adults view themselves as Democrats. That’s down from 36.0 a month ago and from 37.8% in October. Prior to December, the lowest total ever recorded for Democrats was 35.9%, a figure that was reached twice in 2005. See the History of Party Trends from January 2004 to the present.

The number of Republicans inched up by a point in December to 34.0%. That’s the highest total for Republicans since December 2007, just before the 2008 presidential campaign season began.

However, the number of Republicans in the country is essentially no different today than it was in November 2008 when Barack Obama was elected president.

The change since Obama’s election is that the number of Democrats has fallen by six percentage points and the number of voters not affiliated with either major party has grown by six. The number of adults not affiliated with either party is currently at 30.6%, up from 24.7% in November 2008.

Rasmussen Reports tracks this information based on telephone interviews with approximately 15,000 adults per month and has been doing so since November 2002. The margin of error for the full sample is less than one percentage point, with a 95% level of confidence.

Despite the changes, there are still more Democrats than Republicans in the nation. But the gap is down to 1.5 percentage points, the smallest since August 2005.

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Between November 2004 and 2006, the Democratic advantage in partisan identification grew by 4.5 percentage points. That foreshadowed the Democrats' big gains in the 2006 midterm elections. The gap grew by another 1.5 percentage points between November 2006 and 2008 heading into the election of President Obama.

The gap between the parties is now very similar to the gap in November 2004, when George W. Bush won reelection. However, at that time, both parties had more support, and fewer were unaffiliated with either party. The number of unaffiliateds typically declines as major elections draw near.

Keep in mind that figures reported in this article are for all adults, not likely voters. Republicans are a bit more likely to participate in elections than Democrats.

Obama's overall approval rating in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll fell below 50% for the first time in July. A month-by-month review of the president’s ratings shows that they held steady in August and September before declining over the past several months.

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[Danno 1,228]

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Man those were the days huh.... He didn't have to "DO" anything..... just "Talk".

Talk about Getting us out of Iraq quickly

Talk about Closing down Gitmo.

Talk about getting the economy "Back on track".

Talk about Putting Homosexuals in the military.

Talk about a "transparent Govt.

Talk talk talk talk.

But in the end, it worked... people believed him and really, that's all that matter right?

[peejay 327]

Number of Democrats drops to 7 year low @ 35.5

You'll get no cheerleading from me. The major American political parties are brand names just like any other product being hawked by slick silvertongued salesmen in our capitalistic society. So far as my palate goes...the koolaid from both parties have a bitter aftertaste of feces. I can see why more and more Americans see themselves as independents rather than just keep swigging the same-ol'-sh!t from these douchbags. I don't trust either of them to do what is best for the American people. They're just a bunch of party hacks that look out for what feathers their own nest. Spin matters more than the facts or the truth. Gee...I didn't lie...I just omitted enough facts to paint whatever picture I want to paint. The American electorate is tired of this #######.

[Pooky 3,844]

What's with the sudden outbreak of Big Font-itis? First Steven, now Danno.

Is it contagious?

[Danno 1,228]

What's with the sudden outbreak of Big Font-itis? First Steven, now Danno.

Is it contagious?

Guess I need to take up a collection and get a bigger screen... it looks ahhh normal to me, it is really big?