Gallup Poll: Republican Shrinkage WidespreadA new Gallup analysis shows that the precipitous decline in the number of people who identify themselves as Republicans is widespread across nearly every demographic group -- a development that suggests that there is no simple solution to solving the party's current problems.As we have written about before, the number of self-identifying Republicans stood at 21 percent last month -- the lowest it has been since the fall of 1983.This tendency for people to disassociate themselves with the Republican Party is echoed in Gallup's data. Combining several months of surveys -- with a large sample of more than 7,000 adults -- shows that over the last eight years self-identifying Republicans have gone from 44 percent to 39 percent while self-identifying Democrats have risen from 45 percent to 53 percent. (These numbers push independents who lean in one direction or the other into the party toward which they lean.)While Republicans have lost ground in nearly every demographic group, the decline is particularly pronounced among college graduates (a 10 percent loss in party identification between 2001 and 2009), people 18 to 29 years old (nine percent) and those of "moderate ideology" (nine percent).The only groups among which Republicans have not lost ground over the last eight years are those strongly within the base (conservatives, weekly church goers) and those that were never inclined to support them (black and Hispanic voters).
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Yep, I believe it. I reregistered and left the GOP because they did not listen and everything just got worse and worse. Too many RINOS and all of their surveys were nothing more thatn solicitations for donations. Wrote letters to all in charge or leadership, not one returned answer. Guess what I still don't miss them. However Steeles speech today may be a glimmer of hope.
NOTHING IS EVER PERFECT ......NOT UNLESS YOU STAY LONG ENOUGH TO WORK AT MAKING IT PERFECT.....
IT'S A LOT OF WORK .....DISCOURAGING , ? YES EXHAUSTING? YES SACRIFICE? YES AND MAYBE IT
WONT BE IN OUR TIME - BUT SOMEONE WILL B E STANDING BEHIND US TO PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF...
WE ARE AMERICANS !!!!! WE NEVER GIVE UP! WE ARE MADE OF DIFFERENT STUFF THAN OBAMA AND HIS BAND OF CROOKS....0 WHAT IF THE SOLDIERS SAID " WELL , YOU KNOW , THIS JUST ISN'T WORKING OUT LIKE I THOUGHT ,,,,I BEEN HERE 6 MO , I THINK I'LL JUST GO BACK HOME AND TRY SOMETHING ELSE........ STICK AROUND .......YOU MAY NOT NEED US BUT WE NEED YOU !
AND REMEMBER , THAT IS A GALLOP POLL..... NEVER HAVE BELIEVED IN POLLS.......
Deminishing returns... Good after Bad.... idioms that say what they mean. About sticking around LONG ENOUGH... I started voting when I was in the Marine Corps and Kennedy was President. Don't know how long you have been at it, but I haven't changed. I'm conservative economically and socially and I'cve tried to influence my elected officials at all levels to no avail. The whole system is corrupt... else PFA would not be required. I agree that POLLS can be manipulated and generally say what the pollster designs, but in some rare cases they are correct.
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IT'S A LOT OF WORK .....DISCOURAGING , ? YES EXHAUSTING? YES SACRIFICE? YES AND MAYBE IT
WONT BE IN OUR TIME - BUT SOMEONE WILL B E STANDING BEHIND US TO PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF...
WE ARE AMERICANS !!!!! WE NEVER GIVE UP! WE ARE MADE OF DIFFERENT STUFF THAN OBAMA AND HIS BAND OF CROOKS....0 WHAT IF THE SOLDIERS SAID " WELL , YOU KNOW , THIS JUST ISN'T WORKING OUT LIKE I THOUGHT ,,,,I BEEN HERE 6 MO , I THINK I'LL JUST GO BACK HOME AND TRY SOMETHING ELSE........ STICK AROUND .......YOU MAY NOT NEED US BUT WE NEED YOU !
AND REMEMBER , THAT IS A GALLOP POLL..... NEVER HAVE BELIEVED IN POLLS.......