Gallup Poll Shows Shift Towards Democrats
by RonChusidRepublicans love to claim that the corruption and incompetence seen under their rule doesn’t have political significance, but a Gallup Poll is showing they are wrong as more are identifying themselves as Democrats:
An analysis of Gallup Poll data from 2005 shows that the Democratic Party made gains in party identification among the American public. The year marked new lows in President George W. Bush’s job approval ratings amid difficulties in Iraq, high gas prices, and criticisms of the government response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Democrats made gains in party identification on the national level and more U.S. states had Democratic leanings in 2005 than any time in the last four years. . .
Overall, in 2005, basic party identification was even — 33% of Americans each identified as Republicans, independents, and Democrats. When independents’ leanings are taken into account, the Democrats gain an advantage — 48% of Americans either identified as Democrats or leaned to the Democratic Party, while 43% identified as Republicans or leaned to the Republican Party. That represents the largest Democratic advantage since 2000. Democrats have typically held an edge in partisanship in modern U.S. political history, so the recent changes can be thought of as a return to the past.
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The DEMs need to get on message and stay on message: The GOP is the Culture of Corruption in Congress – it’s time for them to go.
Send this to your senators and representatives.
Vote NO on confirmation of Alito or I boycott GOP contributor Dominos Pizza.
Increase the minimum wage to $10 an hour and extend unemployment insurance benefits to a year or I boycott GOP contributors Wendy’s, Outback Steakhouse.
Enact an 80 percent coverage prescription drug benefit under Medicare part B with no extra premiums, no extra deductibles,no means tests no coverage gaps or I boycott Eckerd,CVS,Walgreens Pharmacies.
Get Tom Delay to resign from congress or I stop shopping at JC Penney stores (of Texas).
End the war now. Replace US troops with UN troops, or I boycott GE Appliances, TVs, lightbulbs.
Enact U.S. vote by mail with paper ballots counted by civil servants or I boycott Wendy’s (of Ohio).
http://www.boycott-republicans.com
post this note at your library and supermarket too.
Democratic Shift
Newest poll numbers. Tracking a shift in political alignments.
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Blue Washington,
The Republcans are better at staying on message. Despite all the evidence against them, they can still go around with a straight face and claim to be the party of reform. Sooner or later the party in power can no longer blame others for everything which is going wrong–especially when things are worse than before they took power.